Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
23
Sunday
Parabhava
Avani
7
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 6 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 12.49 am (next day), then Dwadasi
Moolamtill 2.15 pm, then Pooradam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 4.11–5.37
Yamagandammorning 11.58–1.24
Kuligaiafternoon 2.47–4.12
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.21–7.45evening 5.37–7.11

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

For anything new, 6.21 am to 11.41 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.50 am Monday.

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

6.21–11.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.21–7.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.37 am–12.21 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

11.58 am–1.24 pm
12.27–2.15 pm
2.47–4.12 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.06–4.52 pm
4.11–5.37 pm
12.56–2.44 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 11.37 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise6.21 am
Sunset5.36 pm
Moonrise1.16 pm
Moonset3.52 am (next day)
SunSimha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

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)
Ekadasi, till 12.49 am (next day) 46–12 nazhigaiDwadasi
Moolam, till 2.15 pm 19–45 nazhigaiPooradam
Priti Yogam, till 3.35 am (next day) 53–06 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.41 am 13–21 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.50 am (next day) caution 46–12 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.05–8.51 amA favourable window
11.37 am–12.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.58 am–1.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–2.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.47–4.12 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.06–4.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.11–5.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.56–2.44 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi6.21
Amirtham7.46
Rogam9.09
Labam110.35
Dhanam211.59
Sugam31.24
Soram2.47
Visham4.11

Night

Dhanam45.36
Sugam7.12
Soram8.47
Visham10.22
Uthi511.59
Amirtham61.34
Rogam3.09
Labam4.45

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Mūla (Pūrvāṣāḍhā from 2.15 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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha6.21 am7.34 am
Kanya7.34 am8.58 am
Tula8.58 am10.32 am
Vrischika10.32 am12.27 pm
Dhanu12.27 pm2.41 pm
Makara2.41 pm5.03 pm
Kumbha5.03 pm7.21 pm
Meena7.21 pm9.39 pm
Mesha9.39 pm12.00 am
Vrishabha12.00 am2.19 am
Mithuna2.19 am4.23 am
Kataka4.23 am6.04 am
Simha6.04 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.21
Sukran7.17
Budhan8.14
Chandra9.10
Sani10.06
Guru11.03
Sevvai11.59
Suriya12.55
Sukran1.51
Budhan2.48
Chandra3.44
Sani4.40

Night

Guru5.36
Sevvai6.40
Suriya7.44
Sukran8.47
Budhan9.51
Chandra10.55
Sani11.58
Guru1.02
Sevvai2.06
Suriya3.09
Sukran4.13
Budhan5.16

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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