Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
13
Friday
Parabhava
Aippasi
27
Velli
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 3.13 pm, then Panchami
Moolamtill 11.47 am, then Pooradam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.44–11.52
Yamagandamafternoon 2.04–3.12
Kuligaimorning 8.31–9.39
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.25–8.31night 6.12–8.05

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, 3.14 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.14 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Birmingham

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

3.14–4.18 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.25–8.31 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.34 am–12.09 pm; Tyajyam, Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.31–9.39 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.59–11.48 am
10.44–11.52 am
2.04–3.12 pm
10.38 pm–12.27 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 9.42 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise7.25 am
Sunset4.18 pm
Moonrise12.06 pm
Moonset6.34 pm
SunTula Rasi
MoonDhanu 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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturthi, till 3.13 pm 19–28 nazhigaiPanchami
Moolam, till 11.47 am 10–55 nazhigaiPooradam
Dhriti Yogam, till 11.53 pm 41–06 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.14 pm caution 19–28 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.33 am (next day) 52–47 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.25–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.31–9.39 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.59–11.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.44–11.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.34 am–12.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.04–3.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.38 pm–12.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.25
Soram8.31
Uthi29.39
Visham10.44
Amirtham311.52
Rogam12.58
Labam42.05
Dhanam53.12

Night

Rogam4.18
Labam6.12
Dhanam8.06
Sugam69.59
Soram11.52
Uthi1.47
Visham3.39
Amirtham5.34

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Mūla (Pūrvāṣāḍhā from 11.47 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
Tula7.25 am7.51 am
Vrischika7.51 am10.29 am
Dhanu10.29 am12.23 pm
Makara12.23 pm1.36 pm
Kumbha1.36 pm2.27 pm
Meena2.27 pm3.17 pm
Mesha3.17 pm4.18 pm
Vrishabha4.18 pm5.54 pm
Mithuna5.54 pm8.18 pm
Kataka8.18 pm11.09 pm
Simha11.09 pm2.02 am
Kanya2.02 am4.54 am
Tula4.54 am7.27 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.25
Budhan8.10
Chandra8.54
Sani9.38
Guru10.23
Sevvai11.07
Suriya11.52
Sukran12.36
Budhan1.20
Chandra2.05
Sani2.49
Guru3.33

Night

Sevvai4.18
Suriya5.34
Sukran6.49
Budhan8.05
Chandra9.21
Sani10.37
Guru11.52
Sevvai1.08
Suriya2.24
Sukran3.40
Budhan4.55
Chandra6.11

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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