Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
7
Thingal
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 10.08 am, then Chaturdasi
Ashwinitill 11.46 am, then Bharani
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.45–9.33
Yamagandammorning 11.20–1.08
Kuligaiafternoon 2.54–4.43
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.58–7.45night 10.42–11.54

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZDT). 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, 5.26 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 7.00 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Auckland

Computed for Auckland, 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

5.26–8.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.58–7.45 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
7.00–7.45 amShort clear window
9.33–11.20 amClear of every caution
12.39–1.36 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.08–1.36 pmShort clear window
2.34–2.54 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.45–9.33 am
8.02–9.32 am
11.20 am–1.08 pm
1.36–2.34 pm
2.54–4.43 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.27–5.26 pm
8.28–9.56 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 2.55 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

Sunrise5.58 am
Sunset8.17 pm
Moonrise6.52 pm
Moonset4.51 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 24 November: Pournami and Karthigai Deepam.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland 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)
Trayodasi, till 10.08 am 10–24 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Ashwini, till 11.46 am 14–30 nazhigaiBharani
Vyatipata Yogam, till 7.00 am caution 2–34 nazhigai
Variyan Yogam, till 3.29 am (next day) 53–48 nazhigai		Parigha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 10.08 am 10–24 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 8.44 pm 36–56 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.41–5.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.04–6.33 am
5.12–6.38 am		A favourable window
7.45–9.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.02–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.20 am–1.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.39–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.36–2.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.54–4.43 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.27–5.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.28–9.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.58
Visham7.45
Rogam9.32
Labam211.21
Dhanam31.08
Sugam42.55
Soram4.42
Uthi6.30

Night

Sugam58.17
Soram9.29
Uthi10.42
Amirtham11.55
Visham1.07
Rogam2.19
Labam3.33
Dhanam4.45

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Yamagandam; 3 Durmuhurtham; 4 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 11.46 am, 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
2083
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Vrischika5.58 am7.33 am
Dhanu7.33 am9.50 am
Makara9.50 am12.18 pm
Kumbha12.18 pm2.45 pm
Meena2.45 pm5.11 pm
Mesha5.11 pm7.39 pm
Vrishabha7.39 pm10.02 pm
Mithuna10.02 pm12.04 am
Kataka12.04 am1.38 am
Simha1.38 am2.56 am
Kanya2.56 am4.12 am
Tula4.12 am5.39 am
Vrischika5.39 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.58
Sani7.10
Guru8.21
Sevvai9.33
Suriya10.44
Sukran11.56
Budhan1.07
Chandra2.19
Sani3.31
Guru4.42
Sevvai5.54
Suriya7.05

Night

Sukran8.17
Budhan9.05
Chandra9.54
Sani10.42
Guru11.30
Sevvai12.19
Suriya1.07
Sukran1.56
Budhan2.44
Chandra3.32
Sani4.21
Guru5.09

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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