Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
27
Friday
Parabhava
Karthigai
12
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 11 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 5.10 pm, then Panchami
Punarpoosamtill 11.20 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.40–11.54
Yamagandamafternoon 2.20–3.34
Kuligaimorning 8.13–9.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.53 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.01–8.13night 6.34–8.20

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, 7.01 am to 8.13 am 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 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

7.01–8.13 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.01–8.13 am, inside the clear stretch
9.28–10.40 amClear of every caution
11.35 am–12.13 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
11.54 am–12.29 pmShort clear window
1.57–2.20 pmShort clear window
3.34–4.46 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.13–9.28 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.40–11.54 am
12.29–1.57 pm
2.20–3.34 pm
6.43–8.13 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until 5.53 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 5.53 pm, until Sunday 8.13 pm

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

Sunrise7.01 am
Sunset4.46 pm
Moonrise8.16 pm
Moonset10.27 am
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturthi, till 5.10 pm 25–23 nazhigaiPanchami
Punarpoosam, till 11.20 pm 40–48 nazhigaiPoosam
Shubha Yogam, till 10.22 am 8–22 nazhigai
Shukla Yogam, till 6.48 am (next day) 59–26 nazhigai		Brahma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 5.10 pm 25–23 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.45 am (next day) 51–50 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.13–9.28 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.40–11.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.29–1.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.20–3.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.11–10.37 pmA favourable window
6.43–8.13 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.01
Soram8.13
Uthi9.28
Visham10.40
Amirtham111.54
Rogam1.06
Labam22.20
Dhanam3.34

Night

Rogam4.46
Labam6.34
Dhanam8.21
Sugam10.08
Soram11.54
Uthi1.41
Visham3.27
Amirtham35.15

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Vrischika7.01 am8.35 am
Dhanu8.35 am10.36 am
Makara10.36 am12.09 pm
Kumbha12.09 pm1.25 pm
Meena1.25 pm2.38 pm
Mesha2.38 pm4.03 pm
Vrishabha4.03 pm5.52 pm
Mithuna5.52 pm8.10 pm
Kataka8.10 pm10.39 pm
Simha10.39 pm1.08 am
Kanya1.08 am3.37 am
Tula3.37 am6.07 am
Vrischika6.07 am7.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.01
Budhan7.49
Chandra8.38
Sani9.27
Guru10.16
Sevvai11.05
Suriya11.54
Sukran12.42
Budhan1.31
Chandra2.20
Sani3.09
Guru3.58

Night

Sevvai4.46
Suriya5.58
Sukran7.09
Budhan8.20
Chandra9.32
Sani10.43
Guru11.54
Sevvai1.05
Suriya2.17
Sukran3.28
Budhan4.39
Chandra5.50

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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