Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
5
Wednesday
Parabhava
Aadi
20
Budhan
Theypirai
Saptamitill 3.13 am (next day), then Ashtami
Ashwinitill 3.48 am (next day), then Bharani
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.12–1.38
Yamagandammorning 7.56–9.22
Kuligaimorning 10.47–12.13
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.22–10.47evening 5.53–7.27

Computed for Suva, in Fiji time. 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 3.58 pm; Shoola Yogam runs all day, till 12.00 am 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: Tamil calendar for Suva

Computed for Suva, 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

9.22–10.47 am; Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam also run

Avoid

7.56–9.22 am
10.47 am–12.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.49 am–12.36 pm
12.12–1.38 pm
11.54 pm–1.28 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 8.24 am

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

Sunrise6.32 am
Sunset5.53 pm
Moonrise11.43 pm
Moonset10.24 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi, from 4.24 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Suva 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 3.13 am (next day) 51–44 nazhigaiAshtami
Ashwini, till 3.48 am (next day) 53–13 nazhigaiBharani
Shoola Yogam, till 12.00 am (next day) caution 43–40 nazhigaiGanda Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.58 pm caution 23–34 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 3.13 am (next day) 51–44 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.51–5.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.56–9.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.47 am–12.13 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.49 am–12.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.12–1.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.48–10.20 pmA favourable window
11.54 pm–1.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.32
Dhanam27.57
Sugam39.22
Soram10.47
Visham12.12
Uthi41.38
Amirtham53.03
Rogam4.27

Night

Uthi5.53
Amirtham7.28
Rogam9.02
Labam610.38
Dhanam712.13
Sugam1.47
Soram3.21
Visham4.56

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, Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam; 3 Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam; 4 Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam; 5 Bhadra Karanam and Shoola Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

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
Kataka6.32 am7.17 am
Simha7.17 am8.54 am
Kanya8.54 am10.30 am
Tula10.30 am12.14 pm
Vrischika12.14 pm2.14 pm
Dhanu2.14 pm4.26 pm
Makara4.26 pm6.39 pm
Kumbha6.39 pm8.46 pm
Meena8.46 pm10.52 pm
Mesha10.52 pm1.03 am
Vrishabha1.03 am3.17 am
Mithuna3.17 am5.23 am
Kataka5.23 am6.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.32
Chandra7.28
Sani8.25
Guru9.22
Sevvai10.19
Suriya11.16
Sukran12.12
Budhan1.09
Chandra2.06
Sani3.03
Guru4.00
Sevvai4.56

Night

Suriya5.53
Sukran6.56
Budhan8.00
Chandra9.03
Sani10.06
Guru11.09
Sevvai12.12
Suriya1.15
Sukran2.18
Budhan3.22
Chandra4.25
Sani5.28

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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