Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
29
Velli
Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 1.17 am (next day), then Tritiyai
Magamtill 11.09 am, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.05–12.26
Yamagandamafternoon 3.06–4.27
Kuligaimorning 8.25–9.46
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.06–8.25night 8.23–9.05

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZST). 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, 4.27 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 3.59 pm.

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: Tamil calendar for Auckland

Computed for Auckland, 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

4.27–5.46 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.06–8.25 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
12.05–12.47 pm; Rahu Kalam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

8.25–9.46 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.05 am–12.26 pm
3.06–4.27 pm
6.50–8.23 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 4.05 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise7.06 am
Sunset5.46 pm
Moonrise7.53 am
Moonset7.21 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Auckland's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland 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)
Dwitiyai, till 1.17 am (next day) 45–31 nazhigaiTritiyai
Magam, till 11.09 am 10–08 nazhigaiPooram
Parigha Yogam, till 3.59 pm caution 22–14 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 2.11 pm 17–43 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.17 am (next day) 45–31 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.20–6.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.25–9.46 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.54–10.23 am
4.04–5.36 am		A favourable window
11.05 am–12.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.05–12.47 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.06–4.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.50–8.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.06
Soram8.25
Uthi29.46
Visham11.05
Amirtham312.26
Rogam1.45
Labam43.07
Dhanam4.27

Night

Rogam5.46
Labam57.26
Dhanam9.06
Sugam10.46
Soram12.25
Uthi2.06
Visham3.45
Amirtham5.25

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 11.09 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
Kataka7.06 am7.19 am
Simha7.19 am8.37 am
Kanya8.37 am9.53 am
Tula9.53 am11.20 am
Vrischika11.20 am1.11 pm
Dhanu1.11 pm3.27 pm
Makara3.27 pm5.55 pm
Kumbha5.55 pm8.22 pm
Meena8.22 pm10.48 pm
Mesha10.48 pm1.16 am
Vrishabha1.16 am3.39 am
Mithuna3.39 am5.41 am
Kataka5.41 am7.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.06
Budhan7.59
Chandra8.53
Sani9.46
Guru10.39
Sevvai11.33
Suriya12.26
Sukran1.19
Budhan2.13
Chandra3.06
Sani3.59
Guru4.53

Night

Sevvai5.46
Suriya6.53
Sukran7.59
Budhan9.06
Chandra10.12
Sani11.19
Guru12.25
Sevvai1.32
Suriya2.38
Sukran3.45
Budhan4.52
Chandra5.58

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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