Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Karthigai
5
Sani
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 12.02 pm, then Dwadasi
Uthirattathitill 12.21 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.31–11.19
Yamagandamafternoon 2.53–4.42
Kuligaimorning 5.56–7.44
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.19–1.06evening 8.16–9.28

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEDT). 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, 4.42 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.03 pm; Vajra Yogam runs till 10.26 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

4.42–8.16 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.19 am–1.06 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.03–2.53 pmClear of every caution
12.38–1.34 pm

Avoid

5.56–7.44 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.56–7.51 am
9.31–11.19 am
2.53–4.42 pm
11.53 pm–1.26 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 11.26 am

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

Sunrise5.56 am
Sunset8.16 pm
Moonrise4.35 pm
Moonset3.42 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Sunday 22 November: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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)
Ekadasi, till 12.02 pm 15–16 nazhigaiDwadasi
Uthirattathi, till 12.21 pm 16–03 nazhigaiRevathi
Vajra Yogam, till 10.26 am caution 11–15 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.03 pm caution 15–16 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.21 pm 43–33 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.39–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.56–7.44 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.56–7.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.35–9.09 amA favourable window
9.31–11.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.38–1.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.53–4.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.53 pm–1.26 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.56
Uthi17.44
Visham9.31
Amirtham211.19
Rogam1.06
Labam32.54
Dhanam4.42
Sugam6.29

Night

Labam8.16
Dhanam9.29
Sugam10.42
Soram11.53
Uthi41.06
Visham2.18
Amirtham3.31
Soram4.42

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 12.21 pm, 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
Vrischika5.56 am7.37 am
Dhanu7.37 am9.54 am
Makara9.54 am12.23 pm
Kumbha12.23 pm2.51 pm
Meena2.51 pm5.18 pm
Mesha5.18 pm7.47 pm
Vrishabha7.47 pm10.11 pm
Mithuna10.11 pm12.13 am
Kataka12.13 am1.47 am
Simha1.47 am3.03 am
Kanya3.03 am4.18 am
Tula4.18 am5.43 am
Vrischika5.43 am5.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.56
Guru7.08
Sevvai8.19
Suriya9.31
Sukran10.43
Budhan11.54
Chandra1.06
Sani2.18
Guru3.30
Sevvai4.41
Suriya5.53
Sukran7.05

Night

Budhan8.16
Chandra9.05
Sani9.53
Guru10.41
Sevvai11.29
Suriya12.18
Sukran1.06
Budhan1.54
Chandra2.42
Sani3.31
Guru4.19
Sevvai5.07

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 11.26 am

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