Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
11
Tuesday
Parabhava
Aadi
26
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 9.25 am, then Chaturdasi
Punarpoosamtill 2.40 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.03–4.23
Yamagandammorning 9.47–11.07
Kuligaiafternoon 12.25–1.45
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.14 am: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.07–12.25night 7.23–9.03

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEST). 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, 7.10 am to 9.16 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.54 pm.

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 Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

7.10–9.16 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.07 am–12.25 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.05–12.46 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

9.16–9.59 am
9.47–11.07 am
12.25–1.45 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.03–4.23 pm
9.56–11.24 pm, in the evening
11.04–11.59 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 9.14 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 9.14 am, until Thursday 10.37 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.10 am
Sunset5.41 pm
Moonrise6.53 am (next day)
Moonset3.41 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Wednesday 12 August: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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)
Trayodasi, till 9.25 am 5–37 nazhigai
Chaturdasi, till 6.24 am (next day) 58–07 nazhigai		Amavasai
Punarpoosam, till 2.40 pm 18–45 nazhigaiPoosam
Siddhi Yogam, till 11.22 pm 40–32 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.25 am 5–37 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.54 pm caution 31–49 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 6.24 am (next day) 58–07 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.23–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.16–9.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.47–11.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.05–12.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.25–1.45 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.30–1.56 pm
6.41–8.07 am		A favourable window
3.03–4.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.56–11.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.04–11.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.10
Labam18.29
Dhanam29.48
Sugam311.07
Soram12.25
Uthi41.45
Visham3.03
Amirtham54.23

Night

Soram5.41
Uthi7.23
Visham9.03
Amirtham610.45
Rogam12.25
Labam2.07
Dhanam3.47
Sugam5.28

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam and Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 2.40 pm, 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
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kataka7.10 am7.32 am
Simha7.32 am8.48 am
Kanya8.48 am10.02 am
Tula10.02 am11.28 am
Vrischika11.28 am1.18 pm
Dhanu1.18 pm3.36 pm
Makara3.36 pm6.04 pm
Kumbha6.04 pm8.32 pm
Meena8.32 pm10.59 pm
Mesha10.59 pm1.29 am
Vrishabha1.29 am3.52 am
Mithuna3.52 am5.54 am
Kataka5.54 am7.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.10
Suriya8.03
Sukran8.55
Budhan9.48
Chandra10.40
Sani11.33
Guru12.26
Sevvai1.18
Suriya2.11
Sukran3.03
Budhan3.56
Chandra4.49

Night

Sani5.41
Guru6.49
Sevvai7.56
Suriya9.03
Sukran10.10
Budhan11.18
Chandra12.25
Sani1.32
Guru2.40
Sevvai3.47
Suriya4.54
Sukran6.02

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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