August 2026
31
Monday
Parabhava
Avani
15
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 14 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 10.12 pm, then Panchami
Revathitill 5.54 pm, then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 8.19–9.59
Yamagandammorning 11.38–1.18
Kuligaiafternoon 2.56–4.37
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.55 pm: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.16–7.55night 10.37–11.57

Computed for Toronto, in 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, 5.16 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Ganda Yogam runs till 4.21 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Toronto, 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

5.16–7.55 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.51–1.43 pm; Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam also run
6.16–7.55 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.04–7.40 am, from before sunrise
8.19–9.59 am
11.38 am–1.18 pm
1.43–2.37 pm
2.56–4.37 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.22–5.16 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 5.55 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 5.55 pm, until Wednesday 9.57 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.40 am
Sunset7.55 pm
Moonrise9.17 pm
Moonset10.26 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Toronto 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
Thingal (Monday)
Chaturthi, till 10.12 pm 38–49 nazhigaiPanchami
Revathi, till 5.54 pm 28–04 nazhigaiAshwini
Ganda Yogam, till 4.21 pm caution 24–11 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 10.50 am 10–24 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.12 pm 38–49 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Toronto

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.15–5.57 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.04–7.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.19–9.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 am–1.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.51–1.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.43–2.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.56–4.37 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.33–5.06 pmA favourable window
4.22–5.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.40
Visham8.19
Rogam9.58
Labam211.39
Dhanam31.18
Sugam42.57
Soram4.36
Uthi6.16

Night

Sugam7.55
Soram9.15
Uthi10.37
Amirtham11.58
Visham1.17
Rogam2.38
Labam4.00
Dhanam5.21

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Indu Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 5.54 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
Simha6.40 am8.09 am
Kanya8.09 am10.44 am
Tula10.44 am1.21 pm
Vrischika1.21 pm3.49 pm
Dhanu3.49 pm5.49 pm
Makara5.49 pm7.16 pm
Kumbha7.16 pm8.24 pm
Meena8.24 pm9.30 pm
Mesha9.30 pm10.48 pm
Vrishabha10.48 pm12.34 am
Mithuna12.34 am2.53 am
Kataka2.53 am5.29 am
Simha5.29 am6.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.40
Sani7.46
Guru8.52
Sevvai9.59
Suriya11.05
Sukran12.11
Budhan1.17
Chandra2.24
Sani3.30
Guru4.36
Sevvai5.42
Suriya6.49

Night

Sukran7.55
Budhan8.49
Chandra9.43
Sani10.36
Guru11.30
Sevvai12.24
Suriya1.18
Sukran2.12
Budhan3.06
Chandra4.00
Sani4.53
Guru5.47

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until 5.55 pm

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