Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
29
Sunday
Parabhava
Karthigai
14
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 13 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai
Shashtitill 12.17 pm, then Saptami
Ayilyamtill 8.13 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.32–4.46
Yamagandammorning 11.54–1.08
Kuligaiafternoon 2.20–3.33
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.13 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.03–8.15evening 4.46–6.33

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, 7.03 am to 9.36 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.26 pm.

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

7.03–9.36 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.03–8.15 am, inside the clear stretch
11.08–11.54 amShort clear window
11.35 am–12.13 pm; Yamagandam also runs

Avoid

9.36–11.08 am
11.54 am–1.08 pm
2.20–3.33 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.28–4.07 pm
3.32–4.46 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.13 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 8.13 pm, until Wednesday 1.30 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise7.03 am
Sunset4.46 pm
Moonrise10.44 pm
Moonset11.44 am
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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)
Shashti, till 12.17 pm 13–06 nazhigaiSaptami
Ayilyam, till 8.13 pm 32–53 nazhigaiMagam
Indra Yogam, till 12.58 am (next day) 44–45 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 12.17 pm 13–06 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.26 pm caution 40–54 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.09–6.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.36–11.08 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.54 am–1.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.20–3.33 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.28–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.32–4.46 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.42–8.12 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.03
Amirtham8.16
Rogam9.28
Labam110.42
Dhanam211.55
Sugam31.08
Soram2.20
Visham3.32

Night

Dhanam4.46
Sugam6.34
Soram8.20
Visham10.07
Uthi11.55
Amirtham1.42
Rogam3.29
Labam5.17

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhānu Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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
Vrischika7.03 am8.27 am
Dhanu8.27 am10.28 am
Makara10.28 am12.01 pm
Kumbha12.01 pm1.17 pm
Meena1.17 pm2.30 pm
Mesha2.30 pm3.55 pm
Vrishabha3.55 pm5.45 pm
Mithuna5.45 pm8.02 pm
Kataka8.02 pm10.32 pm
Simha10.32 pm1.00 am
Kanya1.00 am3.29 am
Tula3.29 am5.59 am
Vrischika5.59 am7.04 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.03
Sukran7.51
Budhan8.40
Chandra9.28
Sani10.17
Guru11.06
Sevvai11.54
Suriya12.43
Sukran1.31
Budhan2.20
Chandra3.09
Sani3.57

Night

Guru4.46
Sevvai5.57
Suriya7.09
Sukran8.20
Budhan9.32
Chandra10.43
Sani11.55
Guru1.06
Sevvai2.18
Suriya3.29
Sukran4.41
Budhan5.52

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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