Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
17
Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
1
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 12.36 am (next day), then Navami
Avittamtill 11.05 pm, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.02–3.08
Yamagandammorning 9.42–10.48
Kuligaimorning 11.52–12.58
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.01 am: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.48–11.52night 6.08–8.02

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, 12.58 pm to 2.02 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.48 am.

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

12.58–2.02 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.48–11.52 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.35 am–12.09 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
3.08–4.12 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.16–9.51 am
9.42–10.48 am
11.52 am–12.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.02–3.08 pm
10.20–11.23 pm, in the evening
6.45–8.29 am, early Wednesday

Chandrashtamam

until 10.01 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 10.01 am, until Thursday 7.21 pm

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

Sunrise7.32 am
Sunset4.12 pm
Moonrise1.29 pm
Moonset11.28 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMakara 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ashtami, till 12.36 am (next day) 42–35 nazhigaiNavami
Avittam, till 11.05 pm 38–49 nazhigaiSathayam
Dhruva Yogam, till 2.36 am (next day) 47–35 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.48 am caution 10–38 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 12.36 am (next day) 42–35 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.30–6.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.16–9.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.42–10.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–12.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.42 am–1.26 pmA favourable window
11.52 am–12.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.02–3.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.20–11.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.45–8.29 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.32
Labam18.38
Dhanam29.43
Sugam310.48
Soram11.52
Uthi12.58
Visham2.02
Amirtham3.08

Night

Soram4.12
Uthi6.08
Visham8.02
Amirtham49.58
Rogam11.53
Labam1.49
Dhanam3.44
Sugam55.39

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Tula7.32 am7.35 am
Vrischika7.35 am10.13 am
Dhanu10.13 am12.08 pm
Makara12.08 pm1.20 pm
Kumbha1.20 pm2.12 pm
Meena2.12 pm3.01 pm
Mesha3.01 pm4.03 pm
Vrishabha4.03 pm5.39 pm
Mithuna5.39 pm8.03 pm
Kataka8.03 pm10.53 pm
Simha10.53 pm1.46 am
Kanya1.46 am4.38 am
Tula4.38 am7.31 am
Vrischika7.31 am7.34 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.32
Suriya8.16
Sukran8.59
Budhan9.42
Chandra10.26
Sani11.09
Guru11.52
Sevvai12.36
Suriya1.19
Sukran2.02
Budhan2.46
Chandra3.29

Night

Sani4.12
Guru5.29
Sevvai6.46
Suriya8.03
Sukran9.19
Budhan10.36
Chandra11.53
Sani1.10
Guru2.27
Sevvai3.44
Suriya5.00
Sukran6.17

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 10.00 am, until Tuesday 7.21 pm

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