August 2026

Wednesday

Parabhava

Aadi

Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 20 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai

Saptamitill 8.13 am, then Ashtami

Ashwinitill 8.48 am, then Bharani

Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.54–2.37

Yamagandammorning 7.47–9.30

Kuligaimorning 11.12–12.55

ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 9.30–11.12evening 7.44–9.01

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Ganda Yogam runs all day, till 2.31 am Thursday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

9.30–11.12 am; Ganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

4.54–6.28 am, from before sunrise

7.47–9.30 am

11.12 am–12.55 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

12.27–1.22 pm

12.54–2.37 pm

5.58–7.31 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 1.24 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.05 am

Sunset7.44 pm

Moonrise11.44 pm

Moonset1.02 pm

SunKataka Rasi

MoonMesha Rasi

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Saptami, till 8.13 am 5–19 nazhigai	Ashtami
	Ashwini, till 8.48 am 6–48 nazhigai	Bharani
	Ganda Yogam, till 2.31 am (next day) caution 51–03 nazhigai	Vriddhi Yogam
	Bava Karanam, till 8.13 am 5–19 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 7.21 pm 33–10 nazhigai
	Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.43–5.23 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	4.54–6.28 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.47–9.30 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.12 am–12.55 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	12.27–1.22 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.54–2.37 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.58–7.31 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	3.09–4.40 am	A favourable window
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam¹6.05

Dhanam²7.48

Sugam³9.30

Soram11.12

Visham12.54

Uthi⁴2.37

Amirtham⁵4.19

Rogam6.01

Night

Uthi7.44

Amirtham9.02

Rogam10.19

Labam11.37

Dhanam12.55

Sugam2.13

Soram3.30

Visham4.48

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Ganda Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam; 3 Ganda Yogam; 4 Ganda Yogam; 5 Tyajyam and Ganda Yogam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 8.48 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 sign	From	To
Kataka	6.05 am	7.03 am
Simha	7.03 am	9.25 am
Kanya	9.25 am	11.45 am
Tula	11.45 am	2.09 pm
Vrischika	2.09 pm	4.30 pm
Dhanu	4.30 pm	6.33 pm
Makara	6.33 pm	8.11 pm
Kumbha	8.11 pm	9.34 pm
Meena	9.34 pm	10.55 pm
Mesha	10.55 pm	12.26 am
Vrishabha	12.26 am	2.20 am
Mithuna	2.20 am	4.35 am
Kataka	4.35 am	6.06 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.05

Chandra7.13

Sani8.22

Guru9.30

Sevvai10.38

Suriya11.46

Sukran12.54

Budhan2.03

Chandra3.11

Sani4.19

Guru5.27

Sevvai6.35

Night

Suriya7.44

Sukran8.35

Budhan9.27

Chandra10.19

Sani11.11

Guru12.03

Sevvai12.55

Suriya1.47

Sukran2.38

Budhan3.30

Chandra4.22

Sani5.14

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk