Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
16
Sani
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 7.38 pm, then Chaturthi
Sathayamtill 5.16 pm, then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.21–10.43
Yamagandamafternoon 1.22–2.44
Kuligaimorning 6.41–8.02
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.04–5.24night 7.04–8.42

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.38 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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 Durban

Computed for Durban, 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

11.41 am–12.23 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
4.04–5.24 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.41–8.02 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.41–8.07 am
9.21–10.43 am
1.22–2.44 pm
11.53 pm–1.33 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 11.58 am

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

Sunrise6.41 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise8.15 pm
Moonset8.11 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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 7.38 pm 32–23 nazhigaiChaturthi
Sathayam, till 5.16 pm 26–27 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Shobhana Yogam, till 7.53 pm 33–01 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.23 am 1–46 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.38 pm caution 32–23 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.47 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.41–8.02 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.41–8.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.21–10.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–11.21 amA favourable window
11.41 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.22–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.53 pm–1.33 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.41
Uthi18.02
Visham9.21
Amirtham210.43
Rogam12.02
Labam31.23
Dhanam42.44
Sugam54.04

Night

Labam5.24
Dhanam7.04
Sugam8.43
Soram10.22
Uthi612.03
Visham1.41
Amirtham3.22
Soram5.00

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 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 (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 5.16 pm, 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
Kataka6.41 am7.34 am
Simha7.34 am9.00 am
Kanya9.00 am10.24 am
Tula10.24 am11.58 am
Vrischika11.58 am1.53 pm
Dhanu1.53 pm4.08 pm
Makara4.08 pm6.29 pm
Kumbha6.29 pm8.48 pm
Meena8.48 pm11.06 pm
Mesha11.06 pm1.26 am
Vrishabha1.26 am3.45 am
Mithuna3.45 am5.49 am
Kataka5.49 am6.40 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.41
Guru7.35
Sevvai8.28
Suriya9.22
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.09
Chandra12.02
Sani12.56
Guru1.50
Sevvai2.43
Suriya3.37
Sukran4.30

Night

Budhan5.24
Chandra6.30
Sani7.37
Guru8.43
Sevvai9.49
Suriya10.56
Sukran12.02
Budhan1.08
Chandra2.15
Sani3.21
Guru4.28
Sevvai5.34

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 11.58 am

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