Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
13
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
28
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 6.12 pm, then Dwitiyai
Magamtill 2.09 am (next day), then Pooram
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.20–3.00
Yamagandammorning 5.09–6.48
Kuligaimorning 8.25–10.04
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.38–6.16night 10.21–11.42

Computed for Manama, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 6.48 am to 8.25 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 6.59 am Friday.

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 Manama

Computed for Manama, 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

6.48–8.25 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.17 am–12.08 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs
4.38–6.16 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.09–6.48 am
8.25–10.04 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.20–3.00 pm
2.52–4.23 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 7.05 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.09 am
Sunset6.16 pm
Moonrise5.40 am
Moonset6.45 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi, from 3.37 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Manama 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Prathamai, till 6.12 pm 32–37 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Magam, till 2.09 am (next day) 52–28 nazhigaiPooram
Variyan Yogam, till 9.46 am 11–33 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Kimstughna Karanam, till 7.21 am 5–31 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 6.12 pm 32–37 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 5.11 am (next day) 60–03 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Manama

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.42–4.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.09–6.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.25–10.04 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.17 am–12.08 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.20–3.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.52–4.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.54 pm–1.23 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.09
Sugam6.48
Soram8.25
Uthi210.04
Amirtham311.43
Visham1.20
Rogam2.59
Labam44.38

Night

Amirtham6.16
Visham7.37
Rogam8.59
Labam10.21
Dhanam11.43
Sugam1.05
Soram2.25
Uthi3.48

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Guru Vāsara · Maghā

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
Kataka5.09 am5.31 am
Simha5.31 am7.45 am
Kanya7.45 am9.59 am
Tula9.59 am12.16 pm
Vrischika12.16 pm2.34 pm
Dhanu2.34 pm4.38 pm
Makara4.38 pm6.23 pm
Kumbha6.23 pm7.52 pm
Meena7.52 pm9.20 pm
Mesha9.20 pm10.57 pm
Vrishabha10.57 pm12.54 am
Mithuna12.54 am3.08 am
Kataka3.08 am5.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.09
Sevvai6.14
Suriya7.20
Sukran8.26
Budhan9.31
Chandra10.37
Sani11.42
Guru12.48
Sevvai1.54
Suriya2.59
Sukran4.05
Budhan5.10

Night

Chandra6.16
Sani7.10
Guru8.05
Sevvai8.59
Suriya9.54
Sukran10.48
Budhan11.43
Chandra12.37
Sani1.32
Guru2.26
Sevvai3.20
Suriya4.15

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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