Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
23
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
8, Pournami
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 7 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 12.13 pm, then Pournami
Bharanitill 2.32 pm, then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Karthigai Deepam · Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 8.12–9.32
Yamagandammorning 10.50–12.09
Kuligaiafternoon 1.27–2.47
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.55 pm: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.53–8.12evening 5.24–7.05

Computed for Sugar Land, in US Central time (CST). 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, 6.53 am to 8.12 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 4.36 am Tuesday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.36 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Sugar Land

Computed for Sugar Land, 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

6.53–8.12 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.53–8.12 am, inside the clear stretch
11.48 am–12.29 pm; Yamagandam, Parigha Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.12–9.32 am
10.50 am–12.09 pm
12.29–1.12 pm
1.27–2.47 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.36–3.19 pm
1.13–2.40 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 7.55 pm

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 7.55 pm, until Wednesday 7.42 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.53 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise4.33 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Tuesday
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Karthigai Deepam, lamps are lit at dusk.

Pournami, the full moon.

In Tamil Nadu, Karthigai Deepam is on Tuesday 24 November.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sugar Land 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
Thingal (Monday)
Chaturdasi, till 12.13 pm 13–18 nazhigaiPournami
Bharani, till 2.32 pm 19–07 nazhigaiKarthigai
Variyan Yogam, till 8.29 am 3–58 nazhigai
Parigha Yogam, till 4.36 am (next day) caution 54–14 nazhigai		Shiva Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 12.13 pm 13–18 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.36 pm caution 39–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sugar Land

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.06–5.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.12–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.12–11.38 amA favourable window
10.50 am–12.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.29–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.27–2.47 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.36–3.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.13–2.40 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.53
Visham8.12
Rogam9.31
Labam110.50
Dhanam212.09
Sugam31.28
Soram2.46
Uthi44.06

Night

Sugam5.24
Soram7.05
Uthi8.47
Amirtham10.29
Visham12.09
Rogam1.50
Labam3.32
Dhanam5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Bharaṇī (Kṛttikā from 2.32 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
Vrischika6.53 am8.44 am
Dhanu8.44 am10.48 am
Makara10.48 am12.29 pm
Kumbha12.29 pm1.55 pm
Meena1.55 pm3.19 pm
Mesha3.19 pm4.54 pm
Vrishabha4.54 pm6.49 pm
Mithuna6.49 pm9.04 pm
Kataka9.04 pm11.25 pm
Simha11.25 pm1.43 am
Kanya1.43 am4.00 am
Tula4.00 am6.21 am
Vrischika6.21 am6.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.53
Sani7.46
Guru8.39
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.24
Sukran11.16
Budhan12.09
Chandra1.01
Sani1.54
Guru2.47
Sevvai3.39
Suriya4.32

Night

Sukran5.24
Budhan6.32
Chandra7.39
Sani8.47
Guru9.54
Sevvai11.02
Suriya12.09
Sukran1.17
Budhan2.24
Chandra3.32
Sani4.39
Guru5.47

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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