Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
8
Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
23
Sani
Theypirai
Dasamitill 6.30 pm, then Ekadasi
Rohinitill 9.22 pm, then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.21–10.42
Yamagandamafternoon 1.20–2.41
Kuligaimorning 6.42–8.02
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.01–5.21night 7.01–8.40

Computed for Sydney, in Sydney 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.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.30 pm; Vyaghata Yogam runs till 10.09 am Sunday. 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 Sydney

Computed for Sydney, 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

11.40 am–12.22 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
4.01–5.21 pm; Bhadra Karanam and Vyaghata Yogam also run

Avoid

6.42–8.02 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.42–8.07 am
9.21–10.42 am
1.20–2.41 pm
1.58–3.28 pm
2.27–3.56 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 8.20 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

Sunrise6.42 am
Sunset5.21 pm
Moonrise3.37 am (next day)
Moonset12.00 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 9 August: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sydney 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
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 6.30 pm 29–32 nazhigaiEkadasi
Rohini, till 9.22 pm 36–41 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Dhruva Yogam, till 1.32 pm 17–07 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.51 am 2–54 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.30 pm caution 29–32 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.04 am (next day) 55–59 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sydney

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.48 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.42–8.02 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.42–8.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.21–10.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.20–2.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.58–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.25–7.52 pmA favourable window
2.27–3.56 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.42
Uthi18.02
Visham9.21
Amirtham210.42
Rogam12.01
Labam31.21
Dhanam42.41
Sugam54.01

Night

Labam5.21
Dhanam7.01
Sugam8.41
Soram10.20
Uthi12.01
Visham1.40
Amirtham63.21
Soram5.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Kataka6.42 am7.13 am
Simha7.13 am8.34 am
Kanya8.34 am9.53 am
Tula9.53 am11.23 am
Vrischika11.23 am1.16 pm
Dhanu1.16 pm3.32 pm
Makara3.32 pm5.57 pm
Kumbha5.57 pm8.20 pm
Meena8.20 pm10.42 pm
Mesha10.42 pm1.07 am
Vrishabha1.07 am3.28 am
Mithuna3.28 am5.31 am
Kataka5.31 am6.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.42
Guru7.35
Sevvai8.28
Suriya9.21
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.08
Chandra12.01
Sani12.54
Guru1.48
Sevvai2.41
Suriya3.34
Sukran4.27

Night

Budhan5.21
Chandra6.27
Sani7.34
Guru8.41
Sevvai9.47
Suriya10.54
Sukran12.01
Budhan1.07
Chandra2.14
Sani3.21
Guru4.27
Sevvai5.34

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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