Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
17
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Chaturthitill 12.46 pm, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 11.07 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.42–8.25
Yamagandamafternoon 1.37–3.19
Kuligaievening 5.00–6.43
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.50–8.31evening 8.25–8.52

Computed for Austin, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 3.19 pm to 5.00 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 12.00 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 Austin

Computed for Austin, 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

3.19–5.00 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.50–8.31 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.00–1.37 pmClear of every caution
1.10–2.04 pm; Yamagandam also runs

Avoid

1.37–3.19 pm
5.00–6.43 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.35–7.30 pm
6.42–8.25 pm
8.52–10.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 11.25 am

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

Sunrise6.50 am
Sunset8.24 pm
Moonrise10.48 pm
Moonset10.30 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 4.57 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Austin 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 12.46 pm 14–49 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 11.07 am 10–43 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Atiganda Yogam, till 12.00 pm caution 12–54 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.46 pm 14–49 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.39 am (next day) 44–31 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.27–6.08 amPrayer, meditation, study
1.10–2.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.37–3.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.00–6.43 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.35–7.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.42–8.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.38–8.15 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.50
Amirtham28.32
Rogam10.13
Labam311.56
Dhanam41.38
Sugam3.19
Soram5.00
Visham6.42

Night

Dhanam58.24
Sugam69.43
Soram11.00
Visham12.19
Uthi1.38
Amirtham2.56
Rogam4.14
Labam5.33

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Atiganda Yogam; 2 Atiganda Yogam; 3 Atiganda Yogam; 4 Yamagandam; 5 Rahu Kalam and Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 11.07 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
Kataka6.50 am8.00 am
Simha8.00 am10.19 am
Kanya10.19 am12.38 pm
Tula12.38 pm2.59 pm
Vrischika2.59 pm5.18 pm
Dhanu5.18 pm7.22 pm
Makara7.22 pm9.02 pm
Kumbha9.02 pm10.28 pm
Meena10.28 pm11.51 pm
Mesha11.51 pm1.25 am
Vrishabha1.25 am3.20 am
Mithuna3.20 am5.35 am
Kataka5.35 am6.51 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.50
Sukran7.58
Budhan9.06
Chandra10.14
Sani11.21
Guru12.29
Sevvai1.37
Suriya2.45
Sukran3.53
Budhan5.01
Chandra6.08
Sani7.16

Night

Guru8.24
Sevvai9.16
Suriya10.08
Sukran11.01
Budhan11.53
Chandra12.45
Sani1.37
Guru2.30
Sevvai3.22
Suriya4.14
Sukran5.06
Budhan5.58

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Tuesday 11.25 am

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