Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
10
Monday
Parabhava
Aadi
26
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 25 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 4.25 pm, then Chaturdasi
Punarpoosamtill 9.40 pm, then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 7.49–9.32
Yamagandammorning 11.12–12.54
Kuligaiafternoon 2.34–4.17
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.14 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.58–7.39night 10.17–11.35

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, 9.58 am to 10.48 am is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 9.58 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 2.54 am Tuesday.

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

9.58–10.48 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.27–1.20 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.54–1.20 pmShort clear window
2.15–2.34 pmShort clear window
5.58–7.39 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.49–9.32 am
10.48 am–12.16 pm
11.12 am–12.54 pm
1.20–2.15 pm
2.34–4.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.02–4.57 pm
4.56–6.24 am, early Tuesday

Chandrashtamam

until 4.14 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 4.14 pm, until Wednesday 5.37 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.09 am
Sunset7.39 pm
Moonrise4.53 am (next day)
Moonset6.24 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Trayodasi, till 4.25 pm 25–39 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Punarpoosam, till 9.40 pm 38–46 nazhigaiPoosam
Vajra Yogam, till 9.58 am caution 9–31 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 4.25 pm 25–39 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.54 am (next day) caution 51–49 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.45–5.26 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.49–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.48 am–12.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.12 am–12.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–1.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.20–2.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.34–4.17 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.02–4.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.30–8.56 pmA favourable window
4.56–6.24 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.09
Visham7.49
Rogam9.31
Labam211.13
Dhanam312.54
Sugam42.35
Soram4.16
Uthi55.58

Night

Sugam7.39
Soram8.57
Uthi10.17
Amirtham11.36
Visham12.54
Rogam2.12
Labam3.32
Dhanam64.51

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vajra Yogam; 2 Tyajyam and Yamagandam; 3 Durmuhurtham; 4 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Kataka6.09 am6.43 am
Simha6.43 am9.05 am
Kanya9.05 am11.26 am
Tula11.26 am1.49 pm
Vrischika1.49 pm4.10 pm
Dhanu4.10 pm6.13 pm
Makara6.13 pm7.52 pm
Kumbha7.52 pm9.15 pm
Meena9.15 pm10.35 pm
Mesha10.35 pm12.06 am
Vrishabha12.06 am2.00 am
Mithuna2.00 am4.15 am
Kataka4.15 am6.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.09
Sani7.16
Guru8.24
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.39
Sukran11.46
Budhan12.54
Chandra2.01
Sani3.09
Guru4.16
Sevvai5.24
Suriya6.31

Night

Sukran7.39
Budhan8.31
Chandra9.24
Sani10.16
Guru11.09
Sevvai12.02
Suriya12.54
Sukran1.47
Budhan2.39
Chandra3.32
Sani4.24
Guru5.17

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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