Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
12
Wednesday
Parabhava
Aadi
27, Amavasai
Budhan

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 3.37 am (next day), then Prathamai
Poosamtill 12.30 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.25–1.45
Yamagandammorning 8.28–9.48
Kuligaimorning 11.06–12.26
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.09–8.28evening 5.42–7.22

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs all day, till 7.57 pm. 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.

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.


No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

7.09–8.28 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.28–9.48 am
11.06 am–12.26 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.04–12.47 pm
12.25–1.45 pm
12.17–1.47 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise7.09 am
Sunset5.42 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Thursday
Moonset4.59 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Amavasai, till 3.37 am (next day) 51–12 nazhigaiPrathamai
Poosam, till 12.30 pm 13–24 nazhigaiAyilyam
Vyatipata Yogam, till 7.57 pm caution 32–00 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Chatushpada Karanam, till 4.58 pm 24–34 nazhigai
Naga Karanam, till 3.37 am (next day) 51–12 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.41–8.07 amA favourable window
8.28–9.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.06 am–12.26 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.04–12.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.25–1.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.17–1.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam17.09
Dhanam28.28
Sugam39.48
Soram11.06
Visham12.25
Uthi41.45
Amirtham53.04
Rogam4.22

Night

Uthi5.42
Amirtham7.23
Rogam9.03
Labam610.45
Dhanam712.25
Sugam2.06
Soram3.46
Visham5.26

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Vyatipata Yogam; 3 Vyatipata Yogam; 4 Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Saumya Vāsara · Puṣya (Āśleṣā from 12.30 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
Kataka7.09 am7.28 am
Simha7.28 am8.44 am
Kanya8.44 am9.59 am
Tula9.59 am11.24 am
Vrischika11.24 am1.14 pm
Dhanu1.14 pm3.32 pm
Makara3.32 pm6.00 pm
Kumbha6.00 pm8.28 pm
Meena8.28 pm10.55 pm
Mesha10.55 pm1.25 am
Vrishabha1.25 am3.48 am
Mithuna3.48 am5.50 am
Kataka5.50 am7.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.09
Chandra8.02
Sani8.54
Guru9.47
Sevvai10.40
Suriya11.33
Sukran12.25
Budhan1.18
Chandra2.11
Sani3.04
Guru3.57
Sevvai4.49

Night

Suriya5.42
Sukran6.49
Budhan7.56
Chandra9.04
Sani10.11
Guru11.18
Sevvai12.25
Suriya1.32
Sukran2.39
Budhan3.46
Chandra4.53
Sani6.01

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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