Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
19
Wednesday
Parabhava
Avani
3
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 2 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 9.50 am, then Ashtami
Visakamtill 11.38 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.56–1.29
Yamagandammorning 7.18–8.52
Kuligaimorning 10.23–11.57
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.01 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.29–3.01evening 6.06–7.33

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 5.47 am to 7.18 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.47 pm.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Georgetown, 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

5.47–7.18 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.52–9.50 amShort clear window
1.29–3.01 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.18–8.52 am
10.23–11.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.31 am–12.21 pm
11.56 am–1.29 pm
4.05–5.53 am, early Thursday

Chandrashtamam

until 5.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 5.01 pm, until Saturday 5.20 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.47 am
Sunset6.06 pm
Moonrise11.26 am
Moonset11.17 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 9.50 am 10–09 nazhigaiAshtami
Visakam, till 11.38 pm 44–40 nazhigaiAnusham
Brahma Yogam, till 6.14 pm 31–09 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.50 am 10–09 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.47 pm caution 42–30 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.14–4.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.18–8.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.23–11.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.31 am–12.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–1.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.59–3.44 pmA favourable window
4.05–5.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam5.47
Dhanam17.19
Sugam28.52
Soram10.23
Visham11.56
Uthi31.29
Amirtham43.02
Rogam4.33

Night

Uthi6.06
Amirtham7.34
Rogam9.01
Labam10.29
Dhanam11.57
Sugam1.24
Soram2.51
Visham4.18

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Simha5.47 am7.39 am
Kanya7.39 am9.35 am
Tula9.35 am11.37 am
Vrischika11.37 am1.47 pm
Dhanu1.47 pm3.55 pm
Makara3.55 pm5.52 pm
Kumbha5.52 pm7.39 pm
Meena7.39 pm9.24 pm
Mesha9.24 pm11.17 pm
Vrishabha11.17 pm1.21 am
Mithuna1.21 am3.32 am
Kataka3.32 am5.37 am
Simha5.37 am5.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.47
Chandra6.48
Sani7.50
Guru8.51
Sevvai9.53
Suriya10.55
Sukran11.56
Budhan12.58
Chandra1.59
Sani3.01
Guru4.03
Sevvai5.04

Night

Suriya6.06
Sukran7.04
Budhan8.03
Chandra9.01
Sani9.59
Guru10.58
Sevvai11.56
Suriya12.55
Sukran1.53
Budhan2.51
Chandra3.50
Sani4.48

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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