Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
17
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Chaturthitill 7.46 pm, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 6.07 pm, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.03–5.25
Yamagandamafternoon 12.02–1.23
Kuligaiafternoon 2.43–4.04
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.58 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.40–8.00evening 5.25–7.03

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.

Atiganda Yogam runs all day, till 7.00 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

6.40–8.00 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
11.41 am–12.23 pm; Yamagandam and Atiganda Yogam also run

Avoid

12.02–1.23 pm
2.43–4.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.58–4.42 pm
4.03–5.25 pm
3.52–5.31 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 11.58 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 11.58 am, until Tuesday 6.25 pm

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

Sunrise6.40 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise9.13 pm
Moonset8.40 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 7.46 pm 32–45 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 6.07 pm 28–38 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Atiganda Yogam, till 7.00 pm caution 30–50 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 7.45 am 2–43 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 7.46 pm 32–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.47 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.51–11.29 amA favourable window
11.41 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.02–1.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.43–4.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.58–4.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.03–5.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.52–5.31 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.40
Amirtham28.01
Rogam9.21
Labam310.42
Dhanam412.03
Sugam51.23
Soram2.43
Visham4.03

Night

Dhanam65.24
Sugam7.04
Soram8.43
Visham10.22
Uthi12.02
Amirtham1.42
Rogam3.20
Labam75.01

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 and Atiganda Yogam; 5 Atiganda Yogam; 6 Rahu Kalam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Kataka6.40 am7.30 am
Simha7.30 am8.56 am
Kanya8.56 am10.20 am
Tula10.20 am11.54 am
Vrischika11.54 am1.49 pm
Dhanu1.49 pm4.04 pm
Makara4.04 pm6.25 pm
Kumbha6.25 pm8.44 pm
Meena8.44 pm11.02 pm
Mesha11.02 pm1.22 am
Vrishabha1.22 am3.41 am
Mithuna3.41 am5.45 am
Kataka5.45 am6.40 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.40
Sukran7.34
Budhan8.28
Chandra9.21
Sani10.15
Guru11.09
Sevvai12.02
Suriya12.56
Sukran1.50
Budhan2.43
Chandra3.37
Sani4.31

Night

Guru5.24
Sevvai6.31
Suriya7.37
Sukran8.43
Budhan9.49
Chandra10.56
Sani12.02
Guru1.08
Sevvai2.15
Suriya3.21
Sukran4.27
Budhan5.33

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 11.58 am

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