Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
18
Tuesday
Parabhava
Avani
2
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 1 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Shashtitill 1.21 pm, then Saptami
Swathitill 2.17 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.40–6.29
Yamagandammorning 9.27–11.16
Kuligaiafternoon 1.03–2.53
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.29–8.17night 9.30–10.40

Computed for London, 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

For anything new, 6.29 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for London

Computed for London, 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

6.29–8.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.50–6.30 amShort clear window
8.14–8.43 amShort clear window
11.16 am–1.03 pmClear of every caution
12.35–1.32 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.53–4.40 pmClear of every caution
6.29–8.17 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.30–8.14 am
8.43–9.42 am
9.27–11.16 am
1.03–2.53 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.40–6.29 pm
12.07–12.46 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 10.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise5.50 am
Sunset8.17 pm
Moonrise1.14 pm
Moonset9.46 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 London's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for London 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 1.21 pm 18–46 nazhigaiSaptami
Swathi, till 2.17 am (next day) 51–03 nazhigaiVisakam
Shukla Yogam, till 10.53 pm 42–34 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 1.21 pm 18–46 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 2.01 am (next day) 50–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for London

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.30–8.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.43–9.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.27–11.16 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.35–1.32 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.03–2.53 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.40–6.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.50–6.32 pmA favourable window
12.07–12.46 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.50
Labam17.39
Dhanam29.28
Sugam11.16
Soram1.03
Uthi2.53
Visham4.40
Amirtham6.29

Night

Soram8.17
Uthi9.30
Visham10.40
Amirtham311.53
Rogam1.04
Labam2.17
Dhanam3.29
Sugam4.41

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Svātī

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
Simha5.50 am8.41 am
Kanya8.41 am11.31 am
Tula11.31 am2.22 pm
Vrischika2.22 pm4.58 pm
Dhanu4.58 pm6.54 pm
Makara6.54 pm8.08 pm
Kumbha8.08 pm9.02 pm
Meena9.02 pm9.53 pm
Mesha9.53 pm10.57 pm
Vrishabha10.57 pm12.35 am
Mithuna12.35 am2.58 am
Kataka2.58 am5.46 am
Simha5.46 am5.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.50
Suriya7.03
Sukran8.15
Budhan9.27
Chandra10.39
Sani11.52
Guru1.04
Sevvai2.16
Suriya3.28
Sukran4.41
Budhan5.53
Chandra7.05

Night

Sani8.17
Guru9.05
Sevvai9.53
Suriya10.41
Sukran11.29
Budhan12.17
Chandra1.05
Sani1.53
Guru2.40
Sevvai3.28
Suriya4.16
Sukran5.04

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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