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, 5.45 pm to sunset is the best of the day.
Vishkambha Yogam runs till 5.45 pm.
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
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
5.45–7.26 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.25–1.17 pm; Tyajyam and Vishkambha Yogam also run
4.09–5.47 pm; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
Avoid
6.17–7.56 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.17–8.02 am
9.34–11.13 am
11.17 am–1.06 pm
2.29–4.09 pm
3.27–5.15 am, early Sunday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
until Monday 2.37 pm
Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters· Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters
For those born in Vrishabha 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
Sunrise6.17 am
Sunset7.26 pm
Moonrise4.13 pm
Moonset1.45 am (next day)
SunSimha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi, from 2.19 am
This day and the next
No major observance on this day.
Sunday 23 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
Limb
This day
Then
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 1.31 pm 18–05 nazhigai
Ekadasi
Moolam, till 5.15 am (next day) 57–24 nazhigai
Pooradam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 5.45 pm caution28–39 nazhigai
Priti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 1.31 pm 18–05 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 2.41 am (next day) 51–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for San Diego
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.51–5.33 am
Prayer, meditation, study
6.17–7.56 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
6.17–8.02 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.34–11.13 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.17 am–1.06 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.25–1.17 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.29–4.09 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
10.05–11.51 pm
A favourable window
3.27–5.15 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Soram6.17
Uthi17.56
Visham9.34
Amirtham211.13
Rogam12.51
Labam32.30
Dhanam44.09
Sugam5.48
Night
Labam7.26
Dhanam8.48
Sugam10.09
Soram11.30
Uthi12.52
Visham2.13
Amirtham53.35
Soram4.55
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 2 Tyajyam and Vishkambha Yogam; 3 Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam; 4 Vishkambha Yogam; 5 Tyajyam.