Shastra Panchangam
October 2026
22
Thursday
Parabhava
Aippasi
5
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.19 am, then Dwadasi
Sathayamtill 4.19 pm, then Poorattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.08–3.25
Yamagandammorning 7.45–9.02
Kuligaimorning 10.18–11.35
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.02–10.18evening 5.58–7.41

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (BST). 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, 11.35 am to 2.08 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.19 am.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Birmingham, 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

11.35 am–2.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.02–10.18 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.32–1.12 pm
3.25–5.58 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.45–9.02 am
10.18–11.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.08–3.25 pm
10.46 pm–12.24 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 10.35 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise7.45 am
Sunset5.58 pm
Moonrise4.35 pm
Moonset4.08 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Friday 23 October: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Birmingham 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ekadasi, till 10.19 am 6–23 nazhigaiDwadasi
Sathayam, till 4.19 pm 21–24 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vriddhi Yogam, till 7.10 pm 28–30 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.19 am caution 6–23 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.19 pm 36–21 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.56–6.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.45–9.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.49–10.29 amA favourable window
10.18–11.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.32–1.12 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.08–3.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.46 pm–12.24 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.45
Sugam29.02
Soram10.18
Uthi11.35
Amirtham12.52
Visham2.08
Rogam3.24
Labam4.42

Night

Amirtham5.58
Visham7.41
Rogam9.25
Labam311.09
Dhanam12.53
Sugam2.37
Soram4.19
Uthi6.04

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Guru Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 4.19 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
Tula7.45 am10.17 am
Vrischika10.17 am12.55 pm
Dhanu12.55 pm2.50 pm
Makara2.50 pm4.02 pm
Kumbha4.02 pm4.54 pm
Meena4.54 pm5.43 pm
Mesha5.43 pm6.45 pm
Vrishabha6.45 pm8.21 pm
Mithuna8.21 pm10.45 pm
Kataka10.45 pm1.35 am
Simha1.35 am4.28 am
Kanya4.28 am7.20 am
Tula7.20 am7.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.45
Sevvai8.36
Suriya9.27
Sukran10.18
Budhan11.09
Chandra12.01
Sani12.52
Guru1.43
Sevvai2.34
Suriya3.25
Sukran4.16
Budhan5.07

Night

Chandra5.58
Sani7.07
Guru8.16
Sevvai9.25
Suriya10.34
Sukran11.43
Budhan12.53
Chandra2.02
Sani3.11
Guru4.20
Sevvai5.29
Suriya6.38

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Friday 10.35 am

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