Panchangam for Thursday, 20 August 2026
Shravana Masa · Shukla Ashtami
Sun & Moon
- Sunrise
- 06:05 AM
- Sunset
- 06:55 PM
- Moonrise
- 01:08 PM
- Moonset
- 11:45 PM
Panchangam day runs to next sunrise, 06:05 AM
Sun's path today
Timings through the day
AuspiciousInauspicious
- Brahma Muhurta04:29 AM – 05:17 AM
- Yamagandam06:05 AM – 07:41 AM
- Gulika Kalam09:17 AM – 10:54 AM
- Durmuhurtam10:22 AM – 11:13 AM
- Auspicious window11:13 AM – 12:30 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta12:05 PM – 12:56 PM
- Varjyam01:36 PM – 03:23 PM
- Rahu Kalam02:06 PM – 03:43 PM
- Durmuhurtam03:30 PM – 04:21 PM
- Auspicious window04:47 PM – 06:55 PM
- Amrita Kalam12:18 AM (next day) – 02:05 AM (next day)
The hours ruled by the benefic planets — Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon — with rahu kalam, yamagandam, gulika, durmuhurtam and varjyam removed. Stricter than most printed panchangams, on purpose.
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Shukla Ashtamiuntil 09:20 PMthen Shukla Navami
- Nakshatra
- Vishakhauntil 09:09 AMthen Anuradha
- Yoga
- Indrauntil 04:24 AM (next day)then Vaidhriti
- Karana
- Vishtiuntil 08:18 AMthen Bava · until 09:20 PMthen Balava · until 10:28 AM (next day)
- Masa
- Shravana
- Vaara
- Thursday
- Shraddha tithi
- Shukla AshtamiThe tithi in aparahna, by which shraddha and tarpana are reckoned.
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About this day
Today is Shukla Ashtami of Shravana, running until 09:20 PM. Ashtami is the half-moon tithi, when the pull of the sun and the moon is at its most divided, and the tradition places its most intense observances at exactly that point — Durgashtami in the waxing fortnight.
It is a jaya tithi, held to favour contest, resolve and anything requiring nerve, and it is traditionally avoided for weddings. The nakshatra is Vishakha, the forked path — ambition held to a single goal, until 09:09 AM. Abhijit muhurta falls 12:05 PM–12:56 PM.
The day runs from 06:05 AM to 06:55 PM, 12h 51m of daylight, the yoga is Indra and the karana Vishti, the moon stands in Simha. Abhijit muhurta, the window centred on solar noon, falls between 12:05 PM and 12:56 PM. All of these are computed for India (IST); change the city in the header and they move with it.
Timings are computed astronomically for the selected city. Printed and regional panchangams can differ, and practice can differ by a day — please confirm important dates with the panchangam your family follows.