Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
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Thursday
Parabhava
Karthigai
3
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 4.46 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Poorattathitill 4.27 am (next day), then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.00–2.22
Yamagandammorning 6.12–7.34
Kuligaimorning 8.55–10.17
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.21 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.34–8.55evening 5.05–6.43

Computed for Riyadh, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 2.22 pm to sunset 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 Riyadh, 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

2.22–5.05 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.34–8.55 amClear of every caution
7.34–8.55 am, inside the clear stretch
11.17 am–12.00 pm; Tyajyam also runs
11.57 am–1.00 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.12–7.34 am
8.55–10.17 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.16–11.57 am
1.00–2.22 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 10.21 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 10.21 pm, until Sunday 3.26 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

Sunrise6.12 am
Sunset5.05 pm
Moonrise1.26 pm
Moonset1.36 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 Riyadh's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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 4.46 am (next day) 56–24 nazhigaiEkadasi
Poorattathi, till 4.27 am (next day) 55–36 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Harshana Yogam, till 4.10 am (next day) 54–54 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 4.48 pm 26–30 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 4.46 am (next day) 56–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.27–5.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.12–7.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.55–10.17 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.16–11.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.17 am–12.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.00–2.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.12–9.50 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.12
Sugam7.34
Soram8.55
Uthi210.17
Amirtham311.39
Visham1.00
Rogam2.21
Labam3.44

Night

Amirtham5.05
Visham6.43
Rogam8.22
Labam10.01
Dhanam11.39
Sugam1.18
Soram2.55
Uthi4.35

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Tyajyam; 3 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
Vrischika6.12 am8.21 am
Dhanu8.21 am10.26 am
Makara10.26 am12.11 pm
Kumbha12.11 pm1.42 pm
Meena1.42 pm3.11 pm
Mesha3.11 pm4.50 pm
Vrishabha4.50 pm6.48 pm
Mithuna6.48 pm9.01 pm
Kataka9.01 pm11.19 pm
Simha11.19 pm1.32 am
Kanya1.32 am3.44 am
Tula3.44 am6.00 am
Vrischika6.00 am6.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.12
Sevvai7.06
Suriya8.01
Sukran8.55
Budhan9.50
Chandra10.44
Sani11.39
Guru12.33
Sevvai1.27
Suriya2.22
Sukran3.16
Budhan4.11

Night

Chandra5.05
Sani6.11
Guru7.16
Sevvai8.22
Suriya9.28
Sukran10.33
Budhan11.39
Chandra12.45
Sani1.50
Guru2.56
Sevvai4.01
Suriya5.07

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 10.21 pm

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