Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
6
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
21
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Ashtamitill 4.23 pm, then Navami
Bharanitill 5.44 pm, then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.37–3.17
Yamagandammorning 5.23–7.03
Kuligaimorning 8.41–10.21
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.24 pm: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.56–6.35night 10.39–11.59

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

For anything new, 3.17 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Ganda Yogam runs till 12.31 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

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

3.17–6.35 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.33 am–12.25 pm; Ganda Yogam also runs
12.31–1.37 pmClear of every caution
4.56–6.35 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

3.58–5.31 am, from before sunrise
5.23–7.03 am
8.41–10.21 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.37–3.17 pm
4.58–6.29 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 11.24 pm

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 11.24 pm, until Sunday 1.20 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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
Moonrise11.32 pm
Moonset12.27 pm
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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 4.23 pm 27–29 nazhigaiNavami
Bharani, till 5.44 pm 30–51 nazhigaiKarthigai
Ganda Yogam, till 12.31 pm caution 17–49 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.23 pm 27–29 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 3.18 am (next day) 54–46 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.57–4.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
3.58–5.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
5.23–7.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.41–10.21 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.33 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.09–2.40 pmA favourable window
1.37–3.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.58–6.29 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.23
Sugam27.03
Soram8.41
Uthi310.21
Amirtham412.00
Visham1.37
Rogam3.16
Labam4.56

Night

Amirtham6.35
Visham7.55
Rogam9.17
Labam10.39
Dhanam12.00
Sugam1.21
Soram2.41
Uthi54.03

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Bharaṇī (Kṛttikā from 5.44 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
Kataka5.23 am6.15 am
Simha6.15 am8.29 am
Kanya8.29 am10.41 am
Tula10.41 am12.57 pm
Vrischika12.57 pm3.14 pm
Dhanu3.14 pm5.19 pm
Makara5.19 pm7.04 pm
Kumbha7.04 pm8.35 pm
Meena8.35 pm10.04 pm
Mesha10.04 pm11.43 pm
Vrishabha11.43 pm1.40 am
Mithuna1.40 am3.54 am
Kataka3.54 am5.24 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.23
Sevvai6.29
Suriya7.35
Sukran8.41
Budhan9.47
Chandra10.53
Sani11.59
Guru1.05
Sevvai2.11
Suriya3.17
Sukran4.23
Budhan5.29

Night

Chandra6.35
Sani7.29
Guru8.23
Sevvai9.17
Suriya10.11
Sukran11.05
Budhan11.59
Chandra12.53
Sani1.47
Guru2.42
Sevvai3.36
Suriya4.30

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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