Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
10
Monday
Parabhava
Aadi
25
Thingal
Theypirai
Dwadasitill 12.31 pm, then Trayodasi
Thiruvathiraitill 4.57 pm, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 7.59–9.21
Yamagandammorning 10.40–12.01
Kuligaiafternoon 1.21–2.42
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.02–5.22night 8.42–10.20

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.

Vajra Yogam runs all day, till 2.58 am Tuesday. 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; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run
4.02–5.22 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.59–9.21 am
10.40 am–12.01 pm
12.22–1.06 pm
1.21–2.42 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.30–3.14 pm
3.48–5.16 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.14 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise6.40 am
Sunset5.22 pm
Moonrise5.33 am (next day)
Moonset2.12 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Tuesday 11 August: Masa Sivaratri.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Dwadasi, till 12.31 pm 14–40 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Thiruvathirai, till 4.57 pm 25–45 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Vajra Yogam, till 2.58 am (next day) caution 50–46 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 12.31 pm 14–40 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 10.58 pm 40–47 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sydney

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.54–9.20 amA favourable window
7.59–9.21 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.40 am–12.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.22–1.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.21–2.42 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.30–3.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.48–5.16 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.40
Visham7.59
Rogam9.20
Labam210.41
Dhanam312.01
Sugam41.22
Soram2.41
Uthi54.02

Night

Sugam5.22
Soram7.01
Uthi8.42
Amirtham10.21
Visham12.00
Rogam1.39
Labam63.20
Dhanam74.59

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 4.57 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
Kataka6.40 am7.05 am
Simha7.05 am8.26 am
Kanya8.26 am9.45 am
Tula9.45 am11.16 am
Vrischika11.16 am1.08 pm
Dhanu1.08 pm3.24 pm
Makara3.24 pm5.49 pm
Kumbha5.49 pm8.12 pm
Meena8.12 pm10.34 pm
Mesha10.34 pm12.59 am
Vrishabha12.59 am3.20 am
Mithuna3.20 am5.23 am
Kataka5.23 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.40
Sani7.33
Guru8.27
Sevvai9.20
Suriya10.14
Sukran11.07
Budhan12.01
Chandra12.54
Sani1.48
Guru2.41
Sevvai3.35
Suriya4.28

Night

Sukran5.22
Budhan6.28
Chandra7.35
Sani8.41
Guru9.48
Sevvai10.54
Suriya12.00
Sukran1.07
Budhan2.13
Chandra3.19
Sani4.26
Guru5.32

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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