Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 4 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 7.02 pm, then Dwadasi
Uthirattathitill 7.21 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Ekadasi
Rahu Kalammorning 10.55–12.13
Yamagandamafternoon 2.47–4.06
Kuligaimorning 8.20–9.38
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.03–8.20night 7.06–8.48
Computed for Frisco, in US Central 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
Keep new beginnings small on this day.
Vajra Yogam runs all day, till 5.26 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.03 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.
Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Frisco, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
7.03–8.20 am; Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
11.53 am–12.33 pm; Rahu Kalam, Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
Avoid
8.20–9.38 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.55 am–12.13 pm
2.47–4.06 pm
6.53–8.26 am, early Saturday
Chandrashtamam
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
Sunrise7.03 am
Sunset5.23 pm
Moonrise2.40 pm
Moonset3.38 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi
This day and the next
Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.
Saturday 21 November: Pradosham.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Frisco's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Frisco 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
Limb
This day
Then
Velli (Friday)
Ekadasi, till 7.02 pm 29–57 nazhigai
Dwadasi
Uthirattathi, till 7.21 pm 30–45 nazhigai
Revathi
Vajra Yogam, till 5.26 pm caution25–57 nazhigai
Siddhi Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.31 am 1–10 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 7.03 pm caution29–57 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 6.21 am (next day) 58–13 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Frisco
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.14–6.08 am
Prayer, meditation, study
8.20–9.38 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
10.55 am–12.13 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
11.53 am–12.33 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.35–4.09 pm
A favourable window
2.47–4.06 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
6.53–8.26 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam17.03
Soram8.20
Uthi29.38
Visham10.55
Amirtham312.13
Rogam1.30
Labam42.48
Dhanam54.06
Night
Rogam5.23
Labam7.06
Dhanam8.49
Sugam10.31
Soram12.13
Uthi1.56
Visham3.38
Amirtham65.21
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam, Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam.