Phra Khanong Solunar Table, August 2026
The best-rated days in August: August 12, August 13, August 14, August 27, August 28, August 29.
Every day
Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. A day with one major or minor period has its other on the next date: the moon comes round about 50 minutes later each day.
| Date | Rating | Major periods | Minor periods | Moon lit | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | Fair | 1:01 AM to 3:01 AM 1:23 PM to 3:23 PM | 7:33 AM to 8:33 AM 8:09 PM to 9:09 PM | 92% | 6:02 AM | 6:46 PM |
| Aug 2 | Poor | 1:44 AM to 3:44 AM 2:05 PM to 4:05 PM | 8:22 AM to 9:22 AM 8:46 PM to 9:46 PM | 86% | 6:02 AM | 6:45 PM |
| Aug 3 | Poor | 2:27 AM to 4:27 AM 2:49 PM to 4:49 PM | 9:11 AM to 10:11 AM 9:23 PM to 10:23 PM | 77% | 6:03 AM | 6:45 PM |
| Aug 4 | Fair | 3:11 AM to 5:11 AM 3:34 PM to 5:34 PM | 10:03 AM to 11:03 AM 10:03 PM to 11:03 PM | 68% | 6:03 AM | 6:45 PM |
| Aug 5 | Fair | 3:58 AM to 5:58 AM 4:23 PM to 6:23 PM | 10:57 AM to 11:57 AM 10:47 PM to 11:47 PM | 58% | 6:03 AM | 6:44 PM |
| Aug 6 | Fair | 4:49 AM to 6:49 AM 5:17 PM to 7:17 PM | 11:55 AM to 12:55 PM | 47% | 6:03 AM | 6:44 PM |
| Aug 7 | Fair | 5:45 AM to 7:45 AM 6:15 PM to 8:15 PM | 11:36 PM to 12:36 AM 12:57 PM to 1:57 PM | 37% | 6:03 AM | 6:43 PM |
| Aug 8 | Fair | 6:46 AM to 8:46 AM 7:18 PM to 9:18 PM | 12:32 AM to 1:32 AM 2:02 PM to 3:02 PM | 27% | 6:04 AM | 6:43 PM |
| Aug 9 | Poor | 7:50 AM to 9:50 AM 8:23 PM to 10:23 PM | 1:34 AM to 2:34 AM 3:07 PM to 4:07 PM | 18% | 6:04 AM | 6:42 PM |
| Aug 10 | Fair | 8:55 AM to 10:55 AM 9:27 PM to 11:27 PM | 2:40 AM to 3:40 AM 4:09 PM to 5:09 PM | 11% | 6:04 AM | 6:42 PM |
| Aug 11 | Good | 9:58 AM to 11:58 AM 10:28 PM to 12:28 AM | 3:46 AM to 4:46 AM 5:06 PM to 6:06 PM | 5% | 6:04 AM | 6:42 PM |
| Aug 12 | Best | 10:56 AM to 12:56 PM | 4:51 AM to 5:51 AM 5:57 PM to 6:57 PM | 1% | 6:04 AM | 6:41 PM |
| Aug 13 | Best | 11:23 PM to 1:23 AM 11:49 AM to 1:49 PM | 5:52 AM to 6:52 AM 6:43 PM to 7:43 PM | 0% | 6:04 AM | 6:41 PM |
| Aug 14 | Best | 12:14 AM to 2:14 AM 12:39 PM to 2:39 PM | 6:49 AM to 7:49 AM 7:24 PM to 8:24 PM | 1% | 6:04 AM | 6:40 PM |
| Aug 15 | Fair | 1:02 AM to 3:02 AM 1:25 PM to 3:25 PM | 7:43 AM to 8:43 AM 8:03 PM to 9:03 PM | 4% | 6:05 AM | 6:40 PM |
| Aug 16 | Fair | 1:47 AM to 3:47 AM 2:10 PM to 4:10 PM | 8:35 AM to 9:35 AM 8:42 PM to 9:42 PM | 9% | 6:05 AM | 6:39 PM |
| Aug 17 | Poor | 2:32 AM to 4:32 AM 2:54 PM to 4:54 PM | 9:25 AM to 10:25 AM 9:20 PM to 10:20 PM | 16% | 6:05 AM | 6:38 PM |
| Aug 18 | Fair | 3:17 AM to 5:17 AM 3:39 PM to 5:39 PM | 10:16 AM to 11:16 AM 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM | 25% | 6:05 AM | 6:38 PM |
| Aug 19 | Fair | 4:02 AM to 6:02 AM 4:26 PM to 6:26 PM | 11:08 AM to 12:08 PM 10:43 PM to 11:43 PM | 34% | 6:05 AM | 6:37 PM |
| Aug 20 | Fair | 4:50 AM to 6:50 AM 5:15 PM to 7:15 PM | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM 11:28 PM to 12:28 AM | 45% | 6:05 AM | 6:37 PM |
| Aug 21 | Fair | 5:40 AM to 7:40 AM 6:05 PM to 8:05 PM | 12:53 PM to 1:53 PM | 55% | 6:05 AM | 6:36 PM |
| Aug 22 | Fair | 6:31 AM to 8:31 AM 6:57 PM to 8:57 PM | 12:17 AM to 1:17 AM 1:45 PM to 2:45 PM | 66% | 6:05 AM | 6:36 PM |
| Aug 23 | Poor | 7:22 AM to 9:22 AM 7:48 PM to 9:48 PM | 1:08 AM to 2:08 AM 2:36 PM to 3:36 PM | 75% | 6:05 AM | 6:35 PM |
| Aug 24 | Poor | 8:13 AM to 10:13 AM 8:38 PM to 10:38 PM | 2:01 AM to 3:01 AM 3:24 PM to 4:24 PM | 84% | 6:06 AM | 6:34 PM |
| Aug 25 | Fair | 9:03 AM to 11:03 AM 9:27 PM to 11:27 PM | 2:54 AM to 3:54 AM 4:10 PM to 5:10 PM | 91% | 6:06 AM | 6:34 PM |
| Aug 26 | Good | 9:50 AM to 11:50 AM 10:13 PM to 12:13 AM | 3:46 AM to 4:46 AM 4:52 PM to 5:52 PM | 96% | 6:06 AM | 6:33 PM |
| Aug 27 | Best | 10:36 AM to 12:36 PM 10:58 PM to 12:58 AM | 4:37 AM to 5:37 AM 5:31 PM to 6:31 PM | 99% | 6:06 AM | 6:32 PM |
| Aug 28 | Best | 11:20 AM to 1:20 PM | 5:28 AM to 6:28 AM 6:09 PM to 7:09 PM | 100% | 6:06 AM | 6:32 PM |
| Aug 29 | Best | 11:42 PM to 1:42 AM 12:04 PM to 2:04 PM | 6:18 AM to 7:18 AM 6:46 PM to 7:46 PM | 99% | 6:06 AM | 6:31 PM |
| Aug 30 | Good | 12:25 AM to 2:25 AM 12:47 PM to 2:47 PM | 7:08 AM to 8:08 AM 7:24 PM to 8:24 PM | 95% | 6:06 AM | 6:30 PM |
| Aug 31 | Fair | 1:10 AM to 3:10 AM 1:33 PM to 3:33 PM | 7:59 AM to 8:59 AM 8:04 PM to 9:04 PM | 89% | 6:06 AM | 6:30 PM |
Other months
How this is worked out
Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot (its upper and lower transits of the meridian); minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset. These are the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables, first published in 1936. The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within 1.5 days of a new or full moon (one more within 3.5 days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset (those periods are bold). Knight held the days around the new and full moon strongest; dawn and dusk are when most fish and game move anyway. The theory has mixed support in the fisheries research; the times themselves are exact astronomy, and the weather matters as much.
Sources
Computed with the NOAA solar position equations and the lunar methods of Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms. Solunar periods after John Alden Knight.