Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Karthigai
12
Sani
Theypirai
Panchamitill 12.28 am (next day), then Shashti
Punarpoosamtill 9.20 am, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.31–10.14
Yamagandamafternoon 1.38–3.21
Kuligaimorning 5.07–6.50
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.14–11.55evening 6.45–8.02

Computed for Johannesburg, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 10.14 am to 1.38 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 Johannesburg

Computed for Johannesburg, 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

10.14 am–1.38 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.57–8.31 amClear of every caution
10.14–11.55 am, inside the clear stretch
11.29 am–12.23 pm
3.21–4.43 pmClear of every caution
6.13–6.45 pmShort clear window

Avoid

5.07–6.50 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.07–6.57 am
8.31–10.14 am
1.38–3.21 pm
4.43–6.13 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.13 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.07 am
Sunset6.45 pm
Moonrise10.58 pm
Moonset8.45 am
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 3.53 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Johannesburg 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)
Panchami, till 12.28 am (next day) 48–22 nazhigaiShashti
Punarpoosam, till 9.20 am 10–33 nazhigaiPoosam
Shukla Yogam, till 4.48 pm 29–13 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.45 pm 21–36 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.28 am (next day) 48–22 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.44–4.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.07–6.50 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.07–6.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.11–8.37 am
1.36–3.04 am		A favourable window
8.31–10.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.29 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.38–3.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.43–6.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.07
Uthi16.50
Visham8.31
Amirtham10.14
Rogam11.55
Labam21.39
Dhanam33.21
Sugam45.03

Night

Labam6.45
Dhanam8.03
Sugam9.21
Soram10.37
Uthi11.56
Visham1.13
Amirtham2.32
Soram3.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Sthira Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 9.20 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
Vrischika5.07 am6.25 am
Dhanu6.25 am8.39 am
Makara8.39 am10.58 am
Kumbha10.58 am1.13 pm
Meena1.13 pm3.26 pm
Mesha3.26 pm5.44 pm
Vrishabha5.44 pm8.01 pm
Mithuna8.01 pm10.06 pm
Kataka10.06 pm11.50 pm
Simha11.50 pm1.20 am
Kanya1.20 am2.47 am
Tula2.47 am4.25 am
Vrischika4.25 am5.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.07
Guru6.15
Sevvai7.23
Suriya8.31
Sukran9.40
Budhan10.48
Chandra11.56
Sani1.04
Guru2.12
Sevvai3.20
Suriya4.28
Sukran5.36

Night

Budhan6.45
Chandra7.36
Sani8.28
Guru9.20
Sevvai10.12
Suriya11.04
Sukran11.56
Budhan12.48
Chandra1.40
Sani2.31
Guru3.23
Sevvai4.15

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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