Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
21
Saturday
Parabhava
Karthigai
5
Sani
Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 11.27 pm, then Trayodasi
Revathitill 12.25 am (next day), then Ashwini
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.46–10.50
Yamagandamafternoon 12.56–2.01
Kuligaimorning 7.39–8.43
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.26 am (next day): Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.50–11.53evening 4.07–6.03

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, 10.50 am to 12.53 pm is the best of the day.

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

10.50 am–12.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.47–9.46 amShort clear window
10.50–11.53 am, inside the clear stretch
11.37 am–12.10 pm
2.26–4.07 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.39–8.43 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.39–8.47 am
9.46–10.50 am
12.53–2.26 pm
12.56–2.01 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.26 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 12.26 am, until Tuesday 1.55 am

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

Sunrise7.39 am
Sunset4.07 pm
Moonrise2.15 pm
Moonset4.47 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 22 November: 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
Sani (Saturday)
Dwadasi, till 11.27 pm 39–27 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Revathi, till 12.25 am (next day) 41–52 nazhigaiAshwini
Siddhi Yogam, till 9.01 pm 33–22 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 12.21 pm 11–42 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 11.27 pm 39–27 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.36–6.37 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.39–8.43 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.39–8.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.46–10.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.37 am–12.10 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.53–2.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.56–2.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.07–11.38 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.39
Uthi18.43
Visham9.46
Amirtham10.50
Rogam11.53
Labam212.57
Dhanam32.01
Sugam3.04

Night

Labam4.07
Dhanam6.04
Sugam8.01
Soram9.57
Uthi11.54
Visham1.50
Amirtham3.48
Soram5.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Revatī

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
Vrischika7.39 am9.57 am
Dhanu9.57 am11.52 am
Makara11.52 am1.04 pm
Kumbha1.04 pm1.56 pm
Meena1.56 pm2.45 pm
Mesha2.45 pm3.47 pm
Vrishabha3.47 pm5.23 pm
Mithuna5.23 pm7.47 pm
Kataka7.47 pm10.37 pm
Simha10.37 pm1.30 am
Kanya1.30 am4.22 am
Tula4.22 am7.15 am
Vrischika7.15 am7.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.39
Guru8.22
Sevvai9.04
Suriya9.46
Sukran10.29
Budhan11.11
Chandra11.53
Sani12.35
Guru1.18
Sevvai2.00
Suriya2.42
Sukran3.25

Night

Budhan4.07
Chandra5.25
Sani6.43
Guru8.01
Sevvai9.18
Suriya10.36
Sukran11.54
Budhan1.12
Chandra2.30
Sani3.47
Guru5.05
Sevvai6.23

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 12.26 am

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