Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
4
Tuesday
Parabhava
Aadi
19
Sevvai

Theypirai
Shashtitill 12.34 am (next day), then Saptami
Revathitill 12.24 am (next day), then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.23–5.56
Yamagandammorning 10.15–11.48
Kuligaiafternoon 1.19–2.52
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.25 am (next day): Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.52–4.23night 8.56–10.23

Computed for Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia time (MYT). 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, 7.12 am to 9.38 am is the best of the day.

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 Kuala Lumpur

Computed for Kuala Lumpur, 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

7.12–9.38 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.48 am–12.27 pmShort clear window
12.55–1.43 pm; Tyajyam and Kuligai also run
2.52–4.23 pmClear of every caution
2.52–4.23 pm, inside the clear stretch
5.56–7.27 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.38–10.28 am
10.15–11.48 am
12.27–2.04 pm
1.19–2.52 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.23–5.56 pm
12.08–12.56 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.25 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 12.25 am, until Friday 4.24 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset7.27 pm
Moonrise11.43 pm
Moonset11.17 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kuala Lumpur 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)
Shashti, till 12.34 am (next day) 43–25 nazhigaiSaptami
Revathi, till 12.24 am (next day) 43–01 nazhigaiAshwini
Dhriti Yogam, till 10.04 pm 37–09 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 1.03 pm 14–38 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 12.34 am (next day) 43–25 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kuala Lumpur

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.38–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.38–10.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.15–11.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–2.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.55–1.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.19–2.52 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.23–5.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.01–11.36 pmA favourable window
12.08–12.56 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.12
Labam18.44
Dhanam210.16
Sugam311.48
Soram1.19
Uthi2.52
Visham4.23
Amirtham5.56

Night

Soram7.27
Uthi8.56
Visham10.23
Amirtham411.52
Rogam1.19
Labam2.48
Dhanam4.16
Sugam5.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Revatī

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
Kataka7.12 am8.06 am
Simha8.06 am10.01 am
Kanya10.01 am11.54 am
Tula11.54 am1.54 pm
Vrischika1.54 pm4.02 pm
Dhanu4.02 pm6.11 pm
Makara6.11 pm8.10 pm
Kumbha8.10 pm10.00 pm
Meena10.00 pm11.48 pm
Mesha11.48 pm1.43 am
Vrishabha1.43 am3.49 am
Mithuna3.49 am5.59 am
Kataka5.59 am7.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.12
Suriya8.13
Sukran9.14
Budhan10.16
Chandra11.17
Sani12.18
Guru1.19
Sevvai2.21
Suriya3.22
Sukran4.23
Budhan5.24
Chandra6.26

Night

Sani7.27
Guru8.26
Sevvai9.24
Suriya10.23
Sukran11.22
Budhan12.21
Chandra1.19
Sani2.18
Guru3.17
Sevvai4.16
Suriya5.14
Sukran6.13

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 12.25 am

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