Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Aadi
20
Budhan
Theypirai
Saptamitill 6.13 pm, then Ashtami
Ashwinitill 6.48 pm, then Bharani
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.59–1.39
Yamagandammorning 7.02–8.42
Kuligaimorning 10.20–12.00
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.23–7.02evening 6.35–7.56

Computed for Riyadh, 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.58 am; Shoola Yogam runs till 3.00 pm; Ganda Yogam runs till 12.31 pm Thursday. 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.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Riyadh, 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

5.23–7.02 am; Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam also run

Avoid

7.02–8.42 am
10.20 am–12.00 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.32 am–12.26 pm
11.59 am–1.39 pm
2.54–4.28 pm
3.58–5.31 am, early Thursday

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 11.24 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.23 am
Sunset6.35 pm
Moonrise10.46 pm
Moonset11.23 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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)
Saptami, till 6.13 pm 32–04 nazhigaiAshtami
Ashwini, till 6.48 pm 33–33 nazhigaiBharani
Shoola Yogam, till 3.00 pm caution 24–00 nazhigaiGanda Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.58 am caution 3–55 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 6.13 pm 32–04 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 5.21 am (next day) 59–55 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.57–4.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.02–8.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.20 am–12.00 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.32 am–12.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–1.20 pmA favourable window
11.59 am–1.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.54–4.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.58–5.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.23
Dhanam27.02
Sugam38.42
Soram10.20
Visham11.59
Uthi41.39
Amirtham53.18
Rogam4.56

Night

Uthi6.35
Amirtham7.57
Rogam9.17
Labam10.39
Dhanam12.00
Sugam1.21
Soram2.41
Visham4.02

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Aśvinī

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
Kataka5.23 am6.19 am
Simha6.19 am8.33 am
Kanya8.33 am10.45 am
Tula10.45 am1.01 pm
Vrischika1.01 pm3.18 pm
Dhanu3.18 pm5.22 pm
Makara5.22 pm7.08 pm
Kumbha7.08 pm8.39 pm
Meena8.39 pm10.08 pm
Mesha10.08 pm11.47 pm
Vrishabha11.47 pm1.44 am
Mithuna1.44 am3.58 am
Kataka3.58 am5.23 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.23
Chandra6.29
Sani7.35
Guru8.41
Sevvai9.47
Suriya10.53
Sukran11.59
Budhan1.05
Chandra2.11
Sani3.17
Guru4.23
Sevvai5.29

Night

Suriya6.35
Sukran7.29
Budhan8.23
Chandra9.17
Sani10.11
Guru11.05
Sevvai11.59
Suriya12.53
Sukran1.47
Budhan2.41
Chandra3.35
Sani4.29

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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