Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
2
Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
18
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 17 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 10.46 am, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 9.07 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.03–7.47
Yamagandamafternoon 12.54–2.38
Kuligaievening 4.20–6.04
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.03–7.46evening 8.31–9.03

Computed for San Diego, in US Pacific time (PDT). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 10.00 am to 12.54 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 10.00 am.

This is Aadi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for San Diego, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

10.00 am–12.54 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.03–7.46 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.28–1.22 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.38–4.20 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

12.54–2.38 pm
4.20–6.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.56–6.52 pm
6.03–7.47 pm
6.52–8.31 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.25 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise6.03 am
Sunset7.46 pm
Moonrise10.06 pm
Moonset9.51 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 2.57 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by San Diego's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 10.46 am 11–46 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 9.07 am 7–40 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Atiganda Yogam, till 10.00 am caution 9–51 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 10.46 am 11–46 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.39 pm 41–28 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.42–5.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.28–1.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.54–2.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.20–6.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.56–6.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.03–7.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.52–8.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.38–6.15 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.03
Amirtham27.47
Rogam9.28
Labam11.12
Dhanam312.55
Sugam2.38
Soram4.20
Visham6.03

Night

Dhanam47.46
Sugam9.04
Soram10.20
Visham11.37
Uthi12.56
Amirtham2.13
Rogam3.29
Labam4.47

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Atiganda Yogam; 2 Atiganda Yogam; 3 Yamagandam; 4 Rahu Kalam and Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 9.07 am, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kataka6.03 am7.15 am
Simha7.15 am9.36 am
Kanya9.36 am11.57 am
Tula11.57 am2.21 pm
Vrischika2.21 pm4.41 pm
Dhanu4.41 pm6.44 pm
Makara6.44 pm8.23 pm
Kumbha8.23 pm9.46 pm
Meena9.46 pm11.07 pm
Mesha11.07 pm12.38 am
Vrishabha12.38 am2.31 am
Mithuna2.31 am4.47 am
Kataka4.47 am6.04 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for San Diego.

Horai

Day

Suriya6.03
Sukran7.12
Budhan8.20
Chandra9.29
Sani10.38
Guru11.46
Sevvai12.55
Suriya2.03
Sukran3.12
Budhan4.20
Chandra5.29
Sani6.38

Night

Guru7.46
Sevvai8.38
Suriya9.29
Sukran10.21
Budhan11.12
Chandra12.04
Sani12.55
Guru1.47
Sevvai2.38
Suriya3.29
Sukran4.21
Budhan5.12

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Tuesday 9.25 am

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