August 2026
29
Saturday
Parabhava
Avani
13
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 12 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Theypirai
Dwitiyaitill 12.08 am (next day), then Tritiyai
Poorattathitill 6.12 pm, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.38–11.18
Yamagandamafternoon 2.35–4.15
Kuligaimorning 6.20–8.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.08 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.15–5.54evening 7.33–8.54

Computed for Jersey City, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 4.15 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 Jersey City, 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

4.15–7.33 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.06–9.38 amClear of every caution
11.18 am–2.35 pmClear of every caution
12.31–1.23 pm
4.15–5.54 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.20–8.00 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.20–8.06 am
9.38–11.18 am
2.35–4.15 pm
3.49–5.26 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 12.08 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 12.08 pm, until Monday 5.55 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.20 am
Sunset7.33 pm
Moonrise8.13 pm
Moonset7.42 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 Jersey City's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Jersey City 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)
Dwitiyai, till 12.08 am (next day) 44–27 nazhigaiTritiyai
Poorattathi, till 6.12 pm 29–40 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Dhriti Yogam, till 7.52 pm 33–48 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 12.21 pm 15–01 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.08 am (next day) 44–27 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.37 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.20–8.00 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.20–8.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.38–11.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.03–11.40 amA favourable window
12.31–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.35–4.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.26 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.20
Uthi18.00
Visham9.38
Amirtham11.18
Rogam12.56
Labam22.36
Dhanam4.15
Sugam5.55

Night

Labam7.33
Dhanam8.55
Sugam10.16
Soram11.36
Uthi12.58
Visham2.18
Amirtham33.40
Soram5.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 6.12 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
Simha6.20 am7.56 am
Kanya7.56 am10.27 am
Tula10.27 am1.00 pm
Vrischika1.00 pm3.26 pm
Dhanu3.26 pm5.27 pm
Makara5.27 pm6.57 pm
Kumbha6.57 pm8.10 pm
Meena8.10 pm9.20 pm
Mesha9.20 pm10.42 pm
Vrishabha10.42 pm12.30 am
Mithuna12.30 am2.48 am
Kataka2.48 am5.20 am
Simha5.20 am6.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.20
Guru7.26
Sevvai8.32
Suriya9.38
Sukran10.45
Budhan11.51
Chandra12.57
Sani2.03
Guru3.09
Sevvai4.15
Suriya5.21
Sukran6.27

Night

Budhan7.33
Chandra8.27
Sani9.21
Guru10.15
Sevvai11.09
Suriya12.03
Sukran12.57
Budhan1.51
Chandra2.45
Sani3.39
Guru4.33
Sevvai5.27

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until 12.08 pm

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