Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
15
Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
30
Sani

Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 2.59 pm, then Chaturthi
Uthiramtill 12.56 am (next day), then Hastham
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.22–10.01
Yamagandamafternoon 1.15–2.54
Kuligaimorning 5.07–6.45
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.05 am: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.01–11.38evening 6.09–7.31

Computed for Doha, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 2.54 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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 Doha, 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

2.54–6.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.52–8.19 amClear of every caution
10.01 am–1.15 pmClear of every caution
10.01–11.38 am, inside the clear stretch
11.13 am–12.04 pm

Avoid

5.07–6.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.07–6.52 am
8.19–9.55 am
8.22–10.01 am
1.15–2.54 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.05 am

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

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 7.05 am, until Monday 1.50 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

Sunrise5.07 am
Sunset6.09 pm
Moonrise7.40 am
Moonset7.48 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 Doha's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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 2.59 pm 24–40 nazhigaiChaturthi
Uthiram, till 12.56 am (next day) 49–30 nazhigaiHastham
Siddha Yogam, till 2.51 am (next day) 54–19 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 2.59 pm 24–40 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.36 am (next day) 53–40 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.40–4.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.07–6.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.07–6.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.19–9.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.22–10.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.13 am–12.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.15–2.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.49–7.23 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.07
Uthi16.45
Visham8.22
Amirtham10.01
Rogam11.38
Labam21.16
Dhanam2.54
Sugam4.32

Night

Labam6.09
Dhanam7.32
Sugam8.54
Soram10.16
Uthi11.39
Visham1.00
Amirtham2.24
Soram3.45

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī

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
Kataka5.07 am5.20 am
Simha5.20 am7.34 am
Kanya7.34 am9.47 am
Tula9.47 am12.03 pm
Vrischika12.03 pm2.20 pm
Dhanu2.20 pm4.25 pm
Makara4.25 pm6.10 pm
Kumbha6.10 pm7.41 pm
Meena7.41 pm9.09 pm
Mesha9.09 pm10.47 pm
Vrishabha10.47 pm12.45 am
Mithuna12.45 am2.58 am
Kataka2.58 am5.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.07
Guru6.12
Sevvai7.18
Suriya8.23
Sukran9.28
Budhan10.33
Chandra11.38
Sani12.43
Guru1.49
Sevvai2.54
Suriya3.59
Sukran5.04

Night

Budhan6.09
Chandra7.04
Sani7.59
Guru8.54
Sevvai9.49
Suriya10.44
Sukran11.38
Budhan12.33
Chandra1.28
Sani2.23
Guru3.18
Sevvai4.13

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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