Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
22
Sunday
Parabhava
Karthigai
7
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 6 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 1.08 pm, then Chaturdasi
Ashwinitill 2.46 pm, then Bharani
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.34–4.49
Yamagandammorning 11.52–1.07
Kuligaiafternoon 2.20–3.35
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.55–8.09evening 4.49–6.34

Computed for Sacramento, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 1.07 pm to 2.20 pm is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 10.00 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Sacramento

Computed for Sacramento, 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

1.07–2.20 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.55–8.09 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
10.00–11.02 amClear of every caution
11.33 am–12.11 pm; Tyajyam and Yamagandam also run

Avoid

11.02 am–12.32 pm
11.52 am–1.07 pm
2.20–3.35 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.29–4.10 pm
3.34–4.49 pm
11.28 pm–12.56 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.55 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.55 am
Sunset4.49 pm
Moonrise3.17 pm
Moonset5.55 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 23 November: Pournami and Karthigai Deepam.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sacramento 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Trayodasi, till 1.08 pm 15–30 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Ashwini, till 2.46 pm 19–35 nazhigaiBharani
Vyatipata Yogam, till 10.00 am caution 7–40 nazhigai
Variyan Yogam, till 6.29 am (next day) 58–51 nazhigai		Parigha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 1.08 pm 15–30 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 11.44 pm 42–00 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.04–9.33 amA favourable window
11.02 am–12.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.11 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.52 am–1.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.20–3.35 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.29–4.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.34–4.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.28 pm–12.56 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.55
Amirtham28.10
Rogam9.23
Labam310.38
Dhanam411.53
Sugam1.07
Soram2.20
Visham3.34

Night

Dhanam4.49
Sugam6.35
Soram8.20
Visham10.06
Uthi511.53
Amirtham1.39
Rogam3.24
Labam5.11

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Vyatipata Yogam; 3 Tyajyam; 4 Tyajyam and Yamagandam; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 2.46 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
Vrischika6.55 am8.55 am
Dhanu8.55 am10.56 am
Makara10.56 am12.29 pm
Kumbha12.29 pm1.45 pm
Meena1.45 pm2.58 pm
Mesha2.58 pm4.22 pm
Vrishabha4.22 pm6.12 pm
Mithuna6.12 pm8.29 pm
Kataka8.29 pm10.59 pm
Simha10.59 pm1.28 am
Kanya1.28 am3.56 am
Tula3.56 am6.26 am
Vrischika6.26 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.55
Sukran7.45
Budhan8.34
Chandra9.24
Sani10.13
Guru11.03
Sevvai11.52
Suriya12.41
Sukran1.31
Budhan2.20
Chandra3.10
Sani3.59

Night

Guru4.49
Sevvai5.59
Suriya7.10
Sukran8.21
Budhan9.31
Chandra10.42
Sani11.53
Guru1.03
Sevvai2.14
Suriya3.25
Sukran4.35
Budhan5.46

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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