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Monday
Parabhava
Avani
7
Thingal
Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 6.21 am (next day), then Trayodasi
Pooradamtill 8.28 pm, then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.13–8.51
Yamagandammorning 10.26–12.04
Kuligaiafternoon 1.40–3.17
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.07 am (next day): Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.54–6.30night 9.17–10.40

Computed for Ayodhya. 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, 3.56 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Ayodhya, 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

3.56–6.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.14–7.13 amShort clear window
8.51–10.26 amClear of every caution
11.38 am–12.29 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.04–12.29 pmShort clear window
1.21–1.40 pmShort clear window
4.54–6.30 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

4.26–6.14 am, from before sunrise
7.13–8.51 am
10.26 am–12.04 pm
12.29–1.21 pm
1.40–3.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.03–3.56 pm
5.16–7.02 am, early Tuesday

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 3.07 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 3.07 am, until Thursday 1.36 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise5.37 am
Sunset6.30 pm
Moonrise4.14 pm
Moonset2.37 am (next day)
SunSimha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 25 August: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Ayodhya 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 6.21 am (next day) 61–50 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Pooradam, till 8.28 pm 37–08 nazhigaiUthiradam
Priti Yogam, till 7.05 am 3–39 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 5.23 pm 29–25 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.09–4.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.26–6.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.13–8.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.26 am–12.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.29–1.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.40–3.17 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.03–3.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.08–4.54 pmA favourable window
5.16–7.02 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.37
Visham7.13
Rogam8.50
Labam210.27
Dhanam312.04
Sugam41.41
Soram3.16
Uthi4.54

Night

Sugam6.30
Soram7.53
Uthi9.17
Amirtham10.41
Visham12.03
Rogam1.27
Labam2.51
Dhanam54.14

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha5.37 am7.26 am
Kanya7.26 am9.40 am
Tula9.40 am11.58 am
Vrischika11.58 am2.16 pm
Dhanu2.16 pm4.20 pm
Makara4.20 pm6.04 pm
Kumbha6.04 pm7.33 pm
Meena7.33 pm9.00 pm
Mesha9.00 pm10.37 pm
Vrishabha10.37 pm12.34 am
Mithuna12.34 am2.48 am
Kataka2.48 am5.07 am
Simha5.07 am5.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.37
Sani6.41
Guru7.46
Sevvai8.50
Suriya9.55
Sukran10.59
Budhan12.03
Chandra1.08
Sani2.12
Guru3.17
Sevvai4.21
Suriya5.26

Night

Sukran6.30
Budhan7.26
Chandra8.21
Sani9.17
Guru10.12
Sevvai11.08
Suriya12.04
Sukran12.59
Budhan1.55
Chandra2.50
Sani3.46
Guru4.42

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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