Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
21
Friday
Parabhava
Avani
5
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 4 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.


Valarpirai
Navamitill 7.07 pm, then Dasami
Anushamtill 7.23 am, then Kettai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.19–1.08
Yamagandamevening 4.42–6.31
Kuligaimorning 7.44–9.32
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.56–7.44night 9.31–10.42

Computed for Leicester, in UK time (BST). 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.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs all day, till 12.49 am Saturday. 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: Tamil calendar for Leicester

Computed for Leicester, 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

5.56–7.44 am; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
12.39–1.35 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

7.44–9.32 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.19 am–1.08 pm
1.40–3.29 pm
4.42–6.31 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 10.20 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

Sunrise5.56 am
Sunset8.18 pm
Moonrise5.03 pm
Moonset11.07 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Leicester 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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 7.07 pm 32–53 nazhigaiDasami
Anusham, till 7.23 am 3–37 nazhigaiKettai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 12.49 am (next day) caution 47–07 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.07 pm 32–53 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.44–9.32 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.19 am–1.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.39–1.35 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.40–3.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.42–6.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–2.14 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.56
Soram7.44
Uthi29.32
Visham11.19
Amirtham31.08
Rogam2.54
Labam44.43
Dhanam56.31

Night

Rogam8.18
Labam9.31
Dhanam10.43
Sugam11.56
Soram1.07
Uthi2.21
Visham3.33
Amirtham4.46

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Anurādhā (Jyeṣṭhā from 7.23 am, 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
Simha5.56 am8.33 am
Kanya8.33 am11.25 am
Tula11.25 am2.19 pm
Vrischika2.19 pm4.57 pm
Dhanu4.57 pm6.51 pm
Makara6.51 pm8.03 pm
Kumbha8.03 pm8.55 pm
Meena8.55 pm9.44 pm
Mesha9.44 pm10.45 pm
Vrishabha10.45 pm12.21 am
Mithuna12.21 am2.45 am
Kataka2.45 am5.36 am
Simha5.36 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.56
Budhan7.08
Chandra8.20
Sani9.32
Guru10.44
Sevvai11.55
Suriya1.07
Sukran2.19
Budhan3.31
Chandra4.43
Sani5.54
Guru7.06

Night

Sevvai8.18
Suriya9.06
Sukran9.55
Budhan10.43
Chandra11.31
Sani12.20
Guru1.08
Sevvai1.56
Suriya2.45
Sukran3.33
Budhan4.21
Chandra5.10

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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