Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
16
Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
31
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 11.23 pm, then Panchami
Uthiramtill 9.56 am, then Hastham
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.27–5.48
Yamagandamafternoon 12.25–1.47
Kuligaiafternoon 3.06–4.28
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.03–8.23evening 5.48–6.28

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, 7.03 am to 11.35 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.24 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

7.03–11.35 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.03–8.23 am, inside the clear stretch
12.05–12.47 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

12.25–1.47 pm
3.06–4.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.21–5.05 pm
4.27–5.48 pm
6.28–8.07 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 10.50 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise7.03 am
Sunset5.48 pm
Moonrise8.45 am
Moonset9.33 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKanya 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 11.23 pm 40–51 nazhigaiPanchami
Uthiram, till 9.56 am 7–11 nazhigaiHastham
Siddha Yogam, till 11.51 am 12–00 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.36 am 11–21 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.24 pm caution 40–51 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.18–6.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.05–12.47 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.25–1.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.06–4.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.21–5.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.27–5.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.28–8.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.15–5.52 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.03
Amirtham8.24
Rogam9.44
Labam111.06
Dhanam212.26
Sugam31.47
Soram3.06
Visham4.27

Night

Dhanam45.48
Sugam57.28
Soram9.06
Visham10.45
Uthi12.25
Amirtham2.05
Rogam3.43
Labam5.23

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 9.56 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
Kataka7.03 am7.12 am
Simha7.12 am8.30 am
Kanya8.30 am9.45 am
Tula9.45 am11.12 am
Vrischika11.12 am1.03 pm
Dhanu1.03 pm3.19 pm
Makara3.19 pm5.47 pm
Kumbha5.47 pm8.14 pm
Meena8.14 pm10.40 pm
Mesha10.40 pm1.08 am
Vrishabha1.08 am3.31 am
Mithuna3.31 am5.33 am
Kataka5.33 am7.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.03
Sukran7.57
Budhan8.51
Chandra9.45
Sani10.38
Guru11.32
Sevvai12.26
Suriya1.19
Sukran2.13
Budhan3.07
Chandra4.00
Sani4.54

Night

Guru5.48
Sevvai6.54
Suriya8.00
Sukran9.06
Budhan10.13
Chandra11.19
Sani12.25
Guru1.31
Sevvai2.37
Suriya3.44
Sukran4.50
Budhan5.56

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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