Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
16
Sani
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 11.08 pm, then Chaturthi
Sathayamtill 8.46 pm, then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.46–10.27
Yamagandamafternoon 1.47–3.29
Kuligaimorning 5.25–7.06
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.27–12.07evening 6.49–8.08

Computed for Ayodhya. 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, 7.13 am to 8.46 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.08 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

Computed for Ayodhya, 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

7.13–8.46 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.27–10.53 amShort clear window
10.27 am–12.07 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.41 am–12.34 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

5.25–7.06 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.25–7.13 am
8.46–10.27 am
1.47–3.29 pm
3.23–5.03 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.28 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise5.25 am
Sunset6.49 pm
Moonrise8.34 pm
Moonset7.36 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 2 August: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Ayodhya 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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 11.08 pm 44–15 nazhigaiChaturthi
Sathayam, till 8.46 pm 38–19 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Shobhana Yogam, till 11.23 pm 44–53 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.53 am 13–39 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.08 pm caution 44–15 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.01–4.43 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.25–7.06 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.25–7.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.46–10.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.41 am–12.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.11–2.51 pmA favourable window
1.47–3.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.23–5.03 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.25
Uthi17.06
Visham8.46
Amirtham210.27
Rogam12.07
Labam31.48
Dhanam43.29
Sugam55.09

Night

Labam6.49
Dhanam8.09
Sugam9.29
Soram10.48
Uthi12.08
Visham1.27
Amirtham62.47
Soram4.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Kataka5.25 am6.41 am
Simha6.41 am8.56 am
Kanya8.56 am11.11 am
Tula11.11 am1.29 pm
Vrischika1.29 pm3.46 pm
Dhanu3.46 pm5.51 pm
Makara5.51 pm7.34 pm
Kumbha7.34 pm9.04 pm
Meena9.04 pm10.31 pm
Mesha10.31 pm12.07 am
Vrishabha12.07 am2.04 am
Mithuna2.04 am4.18 am
Kataka4.18 am5.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.25
Guru6.32
Sevvai7.39
Suriya8.46
Sukran9.53
Budhan11.00
Chandra12.07
Sani1.14
Guru2.21
Sevvai3.28
Suriya4.35
Sukran5.42

Night

Budhan6.49
Chandra7.42
Sani8.35
Guru9.28
Sevvai10.22
Suriya11.15
Sukran12.08
Budhan1.01
Chandra1.54
Sani2.47
Guru3.40
Sevvai4.33

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 3.28 pm

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