Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
28
Friday
Parabhava
Avani
12
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 11 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Theypirai
Prathamaitill 5.27 am (next day), then Dwitiyai
Sathayamtill 10.43 pm, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.17–1.02
Yamagandamevening 4.28–6.13
Kuligaimorning 7.50–9.34
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.34–11.17night 9.13–10.29

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, 1.02 pm to 4.28 pm 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

1.02–4.28 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.55–7.50 amShort clear window
9.34–11.17 amClear of every caution
9.34–11.17 am, inside the clear stretch
12.34–1.28 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.13–7.56 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.15–6.55 am, from before sunrise
7.50–9.34 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.17 am–1.02 pm
4.28–6.13 pm
5.15–6.54 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 5.08 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.06 am
Sunset7.56 pm
Moonrise8.02 pm
Moonset6.10 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonKumbha 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
Velli (Friday)
Prathamai, till 5.27 am (next day) 58–19 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Sathayam, till 10.43 pm 41–30 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Sukarma Yogam, till 2.06 am (next day) 49–57 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 5.27 pm 28–19 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 5.27 am (next day) 58–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for London

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.46–5.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.15–6.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.50–9.34 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.17 am–1.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.34–1.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.15–4.53 pmA favourable window
4.28–6.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.15–6.54 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.06
Soram7.50
Uthi9.34
Visham11.17
Amirtham1.02
Rogam2.44
Labam24.29
Dhanam6.13

Night

Rogam7.56
Labam9.13
Dhanam10.30
Sugam11.46
Soram1.02
Uthi2.19
Visham3.34
Amirtham34.52

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Simha6.06 am8.02 am
Kanya8.02 am10.52 am
Tula10.52 am1.43 pm
Vrischika1.43 pm4.19 pm
Dhanu4.19 pm6.14 pm
Makara6.14 pm7.29 pm
Kumbha7.29 pm8.23 pm
Meena8.23 pm9.14 pm
Mesha9.14 pm10.18 pm
Vrishabha10.18 pm11.55 pm
Mithuna11.55 pm2.19 am
Kataka2.19 am5.07 am
Simha5.07 am6.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.06
Budhan7.15
Chandra8.25
Sani9.34
Guru10.43
Sevvai11.52
Suriya1.01
Sukran2.10
Budhan3.20
Chandra4.29
Sani5.38
Guru6.47

Night

Sevvai7.56
Suriya8.47
Sukran9.38
Budhan10.29
Chandra11.20
Sani12.11
Guru1.02
Sevvai1.53
Suriya2.44
Sukran3.35
Budhan4.26
Chandra5.17

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Saturday 5.08 pm

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