Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 13 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 8.22 pm, then Chaturthi
Uthirattathitill 3.15 pm, then Revathi
Amirtha Yogam
Sankatahara Chaturthi
Rahu Kalamevening 5.39–7.16
Yamagandamafternoon 12.48–2.26
Kuligaievening 4.02–5.40
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.22–7.58evening 7.16–8.39
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.
Shoola Yogam runs till 3.16 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.22 pm; Ganda Yogam runs till 1.21 pm Monday. 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.
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
6.22–7.58 am; Shoola Yogam also runs
12.24–1.14 pm; Yamagandam, Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
Avoid
12.48–2.26 pm
4.02–5.40 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.32–6.25 pm
5.39–7.16 pm
3.04–4.40 am, early Monday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
until Monday 2.55 pm
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
Sunrise6.22 am
Sunset7.16 pm
Moonrise8.38 pm
Moonset8.45 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi
This day and the next
Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.
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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Tritiyai, till 8.22 pm 34–58 nazhigai
Chaturthi
Uthirattathi, till 3.15 pm 22–12 nazhigai
Revathi
Shoola Yogam, till 3.16 pm caution22–14 nazhigai
Ganda Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.48 am 6–04 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 8.22 pm caution34–58 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for San Diego
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.54–5.37 am
Prayer, meditation, study
10.27 am–12.02 pm
A favourable window
12.24–1.14 pm
Widely used for beginnings
12.48–2.26 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
4.02–5.40 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
5.32–6.25 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
5.39–7.16 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
3.04–4.40 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Uthi16.22
Amirtham27.59
Rogam9.35
Labam311.13
Dhanam412.49
Sugam52.26
Soram4.02
Visham5.39
Night
Dhanam7.16
Sugam8.40
Soram10.02
Visham11.25
Uthi12.50
Amirtham62.13
Rogam3.35
Labam5.00
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Shoola Yogam; 2 Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam, Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Shoola Yogam, Bhadra Karanam and Ganda Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.