Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
11
Tuesday
Parabhava
Aadi
26
Sevvai
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 10.24 pm, then Amavasai
Poosamtill 4.30 am (next day), then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.59–4.24
Yamagandammorning 9.26–10.50
Kuligaiafternoon 12.13–1.37
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.50–12.13night 7.24–8.59

Computed for Johannesburg, 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 11.54 am; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 11.57 am Wednesday. 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 Johannesburg

Computed for Johannesburg, 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

11.54 am–12.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.50 am–12.13 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.51 am–12.35 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
1.37–1.56 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.53–9.38 am
9.26–10.50 am
12.13–1.37 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.56–3.24 pm
2.59–4.24 pm
10.55–11.48 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.37 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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
Sunset5.46 pm
Moonrise6.29 am (next day)
Moonset4.23 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 1.14 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 12 August: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Johannesburg 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Chaturdasi, till 10.24 pm 39–21 nazhigaiAmavasai
Poosam, till 4.30 am (next day) 54–37 nazhigaiAyilyam
Siddhi Yogam, till 3.22 pm 21–46 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.54 am caution 13–03 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 10.24 pm 39–21 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.57–5.48 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.53–9.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–10.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–12.35 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.13–1.37 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.56–3.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.59–4.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.41 pm–12.07 amA favourable window
10.55–11.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.40
Labam18.04
Dhanam29.27
Sugam310.50
Soram12.13
Uthi41.37
Visham2.59
Amirtham54.24

Night

Soram5.46
Uthi7.24
Visham8.59
Amirtham610.37
Rogam12.12
Labam1.50
Dhanam3.26
Sugam5.03

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Puṣya

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 am7.02 am
Simha7.02 am8.32 am
Kanya8.32 am10.00 am
Tula10.00 am11.37 am
Vrischika11.37 am1.34 pm
Dhanu1.34 pm3.48 pm
Makara3.48 pm6.06 pm
Kumbha6.06 pm8.21 pm
Meena8.21 pm10.35 pm
Mesha10.35 pm12.52 am
Vrishabha12.52 am3.10 am
Mithuna3.10 am5.14 am
Kataka5.14 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.40
Suriya7.35
Sukran8.31
Budhan9.27
Chandra10.22
Sani11.18
Guru12.13
Sevvai1.09
Suriya2.04
Sukran3.00
Budhan3.55
Chandra4.51

Night

Sani5.46
Guru6.51
Sevvai7.55
Suriya9.00
Sukran10.04
Budhan11.08
Chandra12.13
Sani1.17
Guru2.22
Sevvai3.26
Suriya4.30
Sukran5.35

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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