August 2026
21
Friday
Parabhava
Avani
5
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 4 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.


Valarpirai
Navamitill 9.07 pm, then Dasami
Anushamtill 9.23 am, then Kettai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.00–11.37
Yamagandamafternoon 2.50–4.28
Kuligaimorning 6.46–8.24
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.10–6.46night 7.28–8.50

Computed for Doha, 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs all day, till 2.49 am Saturday. 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.

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


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Doha, 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

5.10–6.46 am; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
11.12 am–12.02 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

6.46–8.24 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.00–11.37 am
2.50–4.28 pm
3.40–5.29 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 12.20 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.10 am
Sunset6.04 pm
Moonrise1.19 pm
Moonset11.36 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 9.07 pm 39–51 nazhigaiDasami
Anusham, till 9.23 am 10–33 nazhigaiKettai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 2.49 am (next day) caution 54–06 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 7.56 am 6–56 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.07 pm 39–51 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.42–4.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.46–8.24 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.00–11.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.12 am–12.02 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.50–4.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.40–5.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.27–4.14 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.10
Soram6.46
Uthi28.24
Visham10.00
Amirtham311.37
Rogam1.13
Labam42.51
Dhanam54.28

Night

Rogam6.04
Labam7.28
Dhanam8.51
Sugam10.14
Soram11.37
Uthi1.01
Visham2.23
Amirtham3.47

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Anurādhā (Jyeṣṭhā from 9.23 am, 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
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha5.10 am7.10 am
Kanya7.10 am9.23 am
Tula9.23 am11.40 am
Vrischika11.40 am1.57 pm
Dhanu1.57 pm4.01 pm
Makara4.01 pm5.46 pm
Kumbha5.46 pm7.17 pm
Meena7.17 pm8.45 pm
Mesha8.45 pm10.24 pm
Vrishabha10.24 pm12.21 am
Mithuna12.21 am2.35 am
Kataka2.35 am4.53 am
Simha4.53 am5.10 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.10
Budhan6.14
Chandra7.19
Sani8.23
Guru9.28
Sevvai10.32
Suriya11.37
Sukran12.41
Budhan1.46
Chandra2.50
Sani3.55
Guru4.59

Night

Sevvai6.04
Suriya6.59
Sukran7.55
Budhan8.51
Chandra9.46
Sani10.42
Guru11.37
Sevvai12.33
Suriya1.28
Sukran2.24
Budhan3.19
Chandra4.15

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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