Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
19
Thursday
Parabhava
Karthigai
4
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 3 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 7.46 pm, then Ekadasi
Poorattathitill 7.27 pm, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.27–3.33
Yamagandammorning 8.59–10.05
Kuligaimorning 11.10–12.16
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.21 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.05–11.10evening 5.44–7.38

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (CST). 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, 12.16 pm to 2.27 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

Computed for Calgary, 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

12.16–2.27 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.05–11.10 amClear of every caution
10.05–11.10 am, inside the clear stretch
1.04–1.38 pm
3.33–5.44 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.59–10.05 am
11.10 am–12.16 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.27–3.33 pm
5.00–6.37 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 1.21 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 1.21 pm, until Saturday 6.26 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise8.59 am
Sunset5.44 pm
Moonrise3.23 pm
Moonset3.54 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 20 November: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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)
Dasami, till 7.46 pm 26–55 nazhigaiEkadasi
Poorattathi, till 7.27 pm 26–07 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Harshana Yogam, till 7.10 pm 25–25 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 7.46 pm 26–55 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 7.31 am (next day) 56–15 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.58–7.58 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.59–10.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.10 am–12.16 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.12 am–12.50 pmA favourable window
1.04–1.38 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.27–3.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.00–6.37 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam18.59
Sugam10.05
Soram11.10
Uthi12.16
Amirtham1.22
Visham2.27
Rogam3.32
Labam4.39

Night

Amirtham5.44
Visham7.38
Rogam9.32
Labam11.28
Dhanam1.23
Sugam23.17
Soram5.11
Uthi7.07

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Vrischika8.59 am11.25 am
Dhanu11.25 am1.21 pm
Makara1.21 pm2.36 pm
Kumbha2.36 pm3.31 pm
Meena3.31 pm4.23 pm
Mesha4.23 pm5.28 pm
Vrishabha5.28 pm7.06 pm
Mithuna7.06 pm9.29 pm
Kataka9.29 pm12.17 am
Simha12.17 am3.06 am
Kanya3.06 am5.55 am
Tula5.55 am8.45 am
Vrischika8.45 am9.01 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru8.59
Sevvai9.43
Suriya10.27
Sukran11.10
Budhan11.54
Chandra12.38
Sani1.21
Guru2.05
Sevvai2.49
Suriya3.33
Sukran4.16
Budhan5.00

Night

Chandra5.44
Sani7.00
Guru8.17
Sevvai9.33
Suriya10.49
Sukran12.06
Budhan1.22
Chandra2.39
Sani3.55
Guru5.12
Sevvai6.28
Suriya7.45

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until 1.21 pm

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