August 2026
19
Wednesday
Parabhava
Avani
3
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 2 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 6.50 am, then Ashtami
Visakamtill 8.38 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.51–2.32
Yamagandammorning 7.54–9.34
Kuligaimorning 11.12–12.52
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.01 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.54evening 7.29–8.49

Computed for San Diego, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 6.15 am to 6.50 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.47 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for San Diego, 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

6.15–6.50 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.54 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.54–9.34 am
11.12 am–12.52 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.25–1.19 pm
12.51–2.32 pm
1.05–2.53 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 2.01 pm, until Saturday 2.20 am

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

Sunrise6.15 am
Sunset7.29 pm
Moonrise1.27 pm
Moonset11.21 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 6.50 am 1–28 nazhigaiAshtami
Visakam, till 8.38 pm 35–58 nazhigaiAnusham
Brahma Yogam, till 3.14 pm 22–28 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.50 am 1–28 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.47 pm caution 33–48 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.49–5.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.54–9.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.59 am–12.44 pmA favourable window
11.12 am–12.52 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.25–1.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.51–2.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.05–2.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.15
Dhanam27.55
Sugam39.34
Soram11.12
Visham12.51
Uthi42.32
Amirtham54.11
Rogam5.49

Night

Uthi7.29
Amirtham8.50
Rogam10.10
Labam11.32
Dhanam612.53
Sugam72.14
Soram3.33
Visham4.54

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Simha6.15 am8.30 am
Kanya8.30 am10.50 am
Tula10.50 am1.14 pm
Vrischika1.14 pm3.35 pm
Dhanu3.35 pm5.38 pm
Makara5.38 pm7.16 pm
Kumbha7.16 pm8.39 pm
Meena8.39 pm10.00 pm
Mesha10.00 pm11.31 pm
Vrishabha11.31 pm1.24 am
Mithuna1.24 am3.40 am
Kataka3.40 am6.04 am
Simha6.04 am6.15 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.15
Chandra7.21
Sani8.27
Guru9.33
Sevvai10.40
Suriya11.46
Sukran12.52
Budhan1.58
Chandra3.04
Sani4.11
Guru5.17
Sevvai6.23

Night

Suriya7.29
Sukran8.23
Budhan9.17
Chandra10.11
Sani11.05
Guru11.58
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.46
Sukran2.40
Budhan3.34
Chandra4.28
Sani5.22

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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