Shastra Panchangam
October 2026
31
Saturday
Parabhava
Aippasi
14
Sani
Theypirai
Shashtitill 11.28 am, then Saptami
Punarpoosamtill 12.10 am (next day), then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.26–10.39
Yamagandamafternoon 1.03–2.16
Kuligaimorning 7.01–8.14
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.31 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.28–4.40night 6.29–8.15

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (GMT). 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, 8.19 am to 9.26 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.23 pm.

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

8.19–9.26 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.39–11.27 amShort clear window
11.32 am–12.10 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
3.28–4.40 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.01–8.14 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.01–8.19 am
9.26–10.39 am
12.56–2.26 pm
1.03–2.16 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.31 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 6.31 pm, until Monday 10.17 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.01 am
Sunset4.40 pm
Moonrise9.10 pm
Moonset1.20 pm
SunTula Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Shashti, till 11.28 am 11–05 nazhigaiSaptami
Punarpoosam, till 12.10 am (next day) 42–48 nazhigaiPoosam
Siddha Yogam, till 12.02 pm 12–30 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.28 am 11–05 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.23 pm caution 38–18 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.04 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.01–8.14 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.01–8.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–10.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.10 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.56–2.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.03–2.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.56–11.24 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.01
Uthi18.14
Visham9.26
Amirtham210.39
Rogam11.50
Labam31.04
Dhanam42.16
Sugam53.28

Night

Labam4.40
Dhanam6.28
Sugam8.16
Soram10.03
Uthi11.52
Visham1.39
Amirtham3.28
Soram5.15

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Sthira Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Tula7.01 am8.42 am
Vrischika8.42 am11.20 am
Dhanu11.20 am1.15 pm
Makara1.15 pm2.27 pm
Kumbha2.27 pm3.19 pm
Meena3.19 pm4.08 pm
Mesha4.08 pm5.09 pm
Vrishabha5.09 pm6.46 pm
Mithuna6.46 pm9.10 pm
Kataka9.10 pm12.00 am
Simha12.00 am2.53 am
Kanya2.53 am5.45 am
Tula5.45 am7.03 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.01
Guru7.50
Sevvai8.38
Suriya9.26
Sukran10.14
Budhan11.03
Chandra11.51
Sani12.39
Guru1.27
Sevvai2.15
Suriya3.04
Sukran3.52

Night

Budhan4.40
Chandra5.52
Sani7.04
Guru8.16
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.40
Sukran11.52
Budhan1.04
Chandra2.16
Sani3.28
Guru4.39
Sevvai5.51

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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