Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
7
Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
23
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 22 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai
Dasamitill 1.30 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Karthigaitill 6.13 am, then Rohini
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.12–12.55
Yamagandamevening 4.17–6.00
Kuligaimorning 7.48–9.31
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.00–7.42night 10.28–11.36

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, 12.55 pm to 2.51 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.30 am Saturday.

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

12.55–2.51 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.07–7.48 amClear of every caution
9.31–11.12 amClear of every caution
12.27–1.21 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.00–7.42 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.48–9.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.12 am–12.55 pm
4.17–6.00 pm
8.58–10.28 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 3.20 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.07 am
Sunset7.42 pm
Moonrise1.24 am (next day)
Moonset3.23 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 8 August: Ekadasi.

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
Velli (Friday)
Dasami, till 1.30 am (next day) 48–26 nazhigaiEkadasi
Karthigai, till 6.13 am 0–17 nazhigai
Rohini, till 4.22 am (next day) 55–36 nazhigai		Mirugaseeridam
Dhruva Yogam, till 8.32 pm 36–03 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 2.51 pm 21–50 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.30 am (next day) caution 48–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.44–5.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.48–9.31 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.12 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–1.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.17–6.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.58–10.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.25–2.52 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.07
Soram7.48
Uthi9.31
Visham11.12
Amirtham12.55
Rogam2.36
Labam14.18
Dhanam26.00

Night

Rogam7.42
Labam39.00
Dhanam410.19
Sugam11.37
Soram12.54
Uthi2.13
Visham3.30
Amirtham4.50

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Kṛttikā (Rohiṇī from 6.13 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
Kataka6.07 am6.55 am
Simha6.55 am9.17 am
Kanya9.17 am11.38 am
Tula11.38 am2.01 pm
Vrischika2.01 pm4.22 pm
Dhanu4.22 pm6.25 pm
Makara6.25 pm8.04 pm
Kumbha8.04 pm9.27 pm
Meena9.27 pm10.47 pm
Mesha10.47 pm12.18 am
Vrishabha12.18 am2.12 am
Mithuna2.12 am4.27 am
Kataka4.27 am6.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.07
Budhan7.15
Chandra8.22
Sani9.30
Guru10.38
Sevvai11.46
Suriya12.54
Sukran2.02
Budhan3.10
Chandra4.18
Sani5.26
Guru6.34

Night

Sevvai7.42
Suriya8.34
Sukran9.26
Budhan10.18
Chandra11.10
Sani12.02
Guru12.55
Sevvai1.47
Suriya2.39
Sukran3.31
Budhan4.23
Chandra5.15

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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