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May 8 2026 Tithi – Panchang – Hindu Calendar – Good Time – Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Friday, May 8 2026 – It is Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon till 8:24 AM on May 8. Then onward it is Krishna Paksha Saptami tithi or the seventh day during the waning or dark phase of moon till 9:28 AM on May 9. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time.) 

Good – Auspicious time on May 8, 2026 as per Hindu Calendar – Good and auspicious time till 12:21 PM. 

Nakshatra – Uttarashada or Uthradam nakshatra till 5:46 PM on May 8. Then onward it is Shravan or Thiruvonam nakshatra till 7:18 PM on May 9. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India). 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Uttarashada or Uthradam nakshatra till 9:20 PM on May 8. Then onward it is Shravan or Thiruvonam nakshatra till 11:25 PM on May 9. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Dhanu Rashi till 10:16 PM on May 7. Then onward it is Makar Rashi till 7:50 AM on May 10, 2026. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India.) 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and south Rajasthan) - Dhanu Rashi till 1:26 AM on May 8. Then onward it is Makar Rashi till 12:13 PM on May 10, 2026   

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti

Kali Yuga Year – 5128 

Vikram Samvat 2083 – Jyeshta Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Jyeshta month in Hindu calendar in North India - Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Parabhava Nama Shalivahana Saka 1948 –Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 

Parabhavanama Shalivahana Saka 1948 – Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:22 PM on May 8. Then onward it is Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Saptami tithi or the seventh day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 2:03 PM on May 9. (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2082 in Gujarat – Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Gujarat. (It is Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Sashti tithi or the sixth day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:22 PM on May 8. Then onward it is Vaishakh Krishna Paksha Saptami tithi or the seventh day during the waning or dark phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 2:03 PM on May 9. (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

25th day of Chithirai Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Parabhava Nama Year)
25th day of Meda Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1201)
24th day of Boishakh Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1433) 

Bad Period on May 8, 2026
Rahukalam – 10:31 AM to 12:05 PM
Yamagandam – 3:15 PM to 4:50 PM
Gulikai – 7:21 AM to 8:56 AM
Durmuhurtham – 8:18 AM to 9:09 AM
Durmuhurtham – 12:31 PM to 1:21 PM
Varjyam – 3:37 AM to 5:23 AM 

Panchak (bad) – not present 

Good Period on May 8, 2026
Abhijit Muhurta – 11:41 AM to 12:29 PM
Amrita Kalam – 2:15 PM to 4:01 PM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – 5:50 PM on May 8 to 7:23 PM on May 9
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present
Ravi Yog – 3:46 PM on May 7 to 5:46 PM on May 8 

Yog – Sadhya (good) till 1:59 AM on May 8. Then onward it is Shubha (good) till 2:30 AM on May 9, 2026  

Karana – Vanija (good) till 12:22 PM on May 8. Then onward it is Vishti or Bhadra (bad) till 1:17 AM on May 9. 

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