August 2026
25
Tuesday
Parabhava
Avani
9
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 8 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 5.30 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Uthiradamtill 8.22 pm, then Thiruvonam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.07–4.44
Yamagandammorning 8.43–10.20
Kuligaimorning 11.55–1.32
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.20–11.55night 7.44–9.07

Computed for Riyadh, 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

For anything new, 5.31 am to 8.04 am 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 Riyadh, 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

5.31–8.04 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.20–11.55 amClear of every caution
10.20–11.55 am, inside the clear stretch
11.30 am–12.20 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.32–3.07 pmClear of every caution
4.44–6.19 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.04–8.57 am
8.43–10.20 am
11.55 am–1.32 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.07–4.44 pm
10.48–11.34 pm, in the evening
12.40–2.25 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 11.06 am

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

Sunrise5.31 am
Sunset6.19 pm
Moonrise4.46 pm
Moonset3.36 am (next day)
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi, from 12.36 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 5.30 am (next day) 59–54 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Uthiradam, till 8.22 pm 37–05 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 5.30 am (next day) 59–54 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.44 pm 28–01 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 5.30 am (next day) 59–54 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.02–4.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.04–8.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.43–10.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.30 am–12.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.55 am–1.32 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.20–3.04 pmA favourable window
3.07–4.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.48–11.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.40–2.25 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.31
Labam17.08
Dhanam28.44
Sugam10.20
Soram11.55
Uthi1.32
Visham3.07
Amirtham4.44

Night

Soram6.19
Uthi7.44
Visham9.07
Amirtham310.32
Rogam11.55
Labam41.20
Dhanam2.44
Sugam4.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Simha5.31 am7.14 am
Kanya7.14 am9.26 am
Tula9.26 am11.42 am
Vrischika11.42 am1.59 pm
Dhanu1.59 pm4.04 pm
Makara4.04 pm5.49 pm
Kumbha5.49 pm7.21 pm
Meena7.21 pm8.50 pm
Mesha8.50 pm10.28 pm
Vrishabha10.28 pm12.26 am
Mithuna12.26 am2.40 am
Kataka2.40 am4.57 am
Simha4.57 am5.32 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.31
Suriya6.35
Sukran7.39
Budhan8.43
Chandra9.47
Sani10.51
Guru11.55
Sevvai12.59
Suriya2.03
Sukran3.07
Budhan4.11
Chandra5.15

Night

Sani6.19
Guru7.15
Sevvai8.11
Suriya9.07
Sukran10.03
Budhan10.59
Chandra11.55
Sani12.52
Guru1.48
Sevvai2.44
Suriya3.40
Sukran4.36

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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