Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Avani
1
Sevvai

Valarpirai
Shashtitill 12.21 am (next day), then Saptami
Chithiraitill 11.29 am, then Swathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.07–4.29
Yamagandammorning 9.43–11.05
Kuligaiafternoon 12.25–1.47
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.05–12.25night 7.29–9.06

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, 7.01 am to 9.10 am is the best of the day.

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

7.01–9.10 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.05 am–12.25 pmClear of every caution
11.05 am–12.25 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.04–12.46 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.47–3.07 pmClear of every caution
4.29–5.30 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.10–9.54 am
9.43–11.05 am
12.25–1.47 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.07–4.29 pm
5.30–7.14 pm
11.05–11.59 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 9.01 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise7.01 am
Sunset5.49 pm
Moonrise9.37 am
Moonset11.40 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Shashti, till 12.21 am (next day) 43–23 nazhigaiSaptami
Chithirai, till 11.29 am 11–11 nazhigaiSwathi
Shubha Yogam, till 9.59 am 7–26 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.51 am 12–05 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.21 am (next day) 43–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–6.08 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.10–9.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.04–12.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.25–1.47 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.07–4.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.30–7.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.05–11.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.50–5.32 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.01
Labam18.23
Dhanam29.44
Sugam11.05
Soram12.25
Uthi1.47
Visham3.07
Amirtham34.29

Night

Soram5.49
Uthi7.29
Visham9.06
Amirtham410.46
Rogam12.24
Labam2.04
Dhanam3.43
Sugam5.21

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 11.29 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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kataka7.01 am7.04 am
Simha7.04 am8.22 am
Kanya8.22 am9.37 am
Tula9.37 am11.04 am
Vrischika11.04 am12.55 pm
Dhanu12.55 pm3.12 pm
Makara3.12 pm5.39 pm
Kumbha5.39 pm8.06 pm
Meena8.06 pm10.32 pm
Mesha10.32 pm1.00 am
Vrishabha1.00 am3.23 am
Mithuna3.23 am5.25 am
Kataka5.25 am7.00 am
Simha7.00 am7.00 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.01
Suriya7.55
Sukran8.49
Budhan9.43
Chandra10.37
Sani11.31
Guru12.25
Sevvai1.19
Suriya2.13
Sukran3.07
Budhan4.01
Chandra4.55

Night

Sani5.49
Guru6.55
Sevvai8.01
Suriya9.07
Sukran10.13
Budhan11.19
Chandra12.25
Sani1.30
Guru2.36
Sevvai3.42
Suriya4.48
Sukran5.54

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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