August 2026
28
Friday
Parabhava
Avani
12
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 11 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Theypirai
Prathamaitill 12.27 am (next day), then Dwitiyai
Sathayamtill 5.43 pm, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.21–11.54
Yamagandamafternoon 2.57–4.30
Kuligaimorning 7.17–8.50
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.30–6.02night 7.30–8.57

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana 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

For anything new, 11.54 am to 2.57 pm 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 Georgetown, 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

11.54 am–2.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.46–7.17 amClear of every caution
8.50–10.21 amClear of every caution
11.30 am–12.18 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.30–6.02 pmClear of every caution
4.30–6.02 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.17–8.50 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.21–11.54 am
2.57–4.30 pm
12.15–1.54 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 12.08 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise5.46 am
Sunset6.02 pm
Moonrise6.32 pm
Moonset5.56 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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)
Prathamai, till 12.27 am (next day) 46–45 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Sathayam, till 5.43 pm 29–55 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Sukarma Yogam, till 9.06 pm 38–22 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.27 pm 16–43 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.27 am (next day) 46–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.12–4.58 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.17–8.50 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.15–11.53 amA favourable window
10.21–11.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.30 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.57–4.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.15–1.54 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.46
Soram7.17
Uthi8.50
Visham10.21
Amirtham11.54
Rogam1.25
Labam12.58
Dhanam4.30

Night

Rogam6.02
Labam7.30
Dhanam8.58
Sugam10.26
Soram11.53
Uthi21.22
Visham2.49
Amirtham4.18

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 5.43 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
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha5.46 am7.04 am
Kanya7.04 am9.00 am
Tula9.00 am11.02 am
Vrischika11.02 am1.12 pm
Dhanu1.12 pm3.20 pm
Makara3.20 pm5.17 pm
Kumbha5.17 pm7.04 pm
Meena7.04 pm8.49 pm
Mesha8.49 pm10.41 pm
Vrishabha10.41 pm12.46 am
Mithuna12.46 am2.56 am
Kataka2.56 am5.02 am
Simha5.02 am5.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.46
Budhan6.47
Chandra7.48
Sani8.50
Guru9.51
Sevvai10.52
Suriya11.54
Sukran12.55
Budhan1.56
Chandra2.58
Sani3.59
Guru5.01

Night

Sevvai6.02
Suriya7.01
Sukran7.59
Budhan8.58
Chandra9.56
Sani10.55
Guru11.54
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.51
Sukran2.50
Budhan3.48
Chandra4.47

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Saturday 12.08 pm

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