Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 13 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 5.22 am (next day), then Chaturthi
Uthirattathitill 12.15 am (next day), then Revathi
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.14–5.41
Yamagandammorning 11.56–1.23
Kuligaiafternoon 2.48–4.15
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.13–7.39evening 5.41–7.14
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.
Shoola Yogam runs all day, till 12.16 am Monday. 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.
Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Durban, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
6.13–7.39 am; Shoola Yogam also runs
11.34 am–12.19 pm; Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam also run
Avoid
9.49–11.26 am
11.56 am–1.23 pm
2.48–4.15 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.08–4.55 pm
4.14–5.41 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Monday 11.55 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
Sunrise6.13 am
Sunset5.40 pm
Moonrise8.06 pm
Moonset7.11 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi
This day and the next
No major observance on this day.
Monday 31 August: Sankatahara Chaturthi.
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
Limb
This day
Then
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Tritiyai, till 5.22 am (next day) 57–53 nazhigai
Chaturthi
Uthirattathi, till 12.15 am (next day) 45–06 nazhigai
Revathi
Shoola Yogam, till 12.16 am (next day) caution45–09 nazhigai
Ganda Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 5.48 pm 28–57 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 5.22 am (next day) caution57–53 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Durban
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.33–5.23 am
Prayer, meditation, study
9.49–11.26 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.34 am–12.19 pm
Widely used for beginnings
11.56 am–1.23 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
2.48–4.15 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
4.08–4.55 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
4.14–5.41 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
7.27–9.02 pm
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Uthi16.13
Amirtham27.40
Rogam9.05
Labam310.31
Dhanam411.57
Sugam51.23
Soram2.48
Visham4.14
Night
Dhanam65.40
Sugam7.15
Soram8.48
Visham10.22
Uthi11.57
Amirtham1.31
Rogam3.04
Labam4.39
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Shoola Yogam; 2 Shoola Yogam; 3 Tyajyam and Shoola Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam; 5 Shoola Yogam; 6 Rahu Kalam.