Shastra Panchangam
November 2026
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
2
Budhan
Valarpirai
Navamitill 7.07 am (next day), then Dasami
Sathayamtill 6.11 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.00–1.30
Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.00
Kuligaimorning 10.30–12.00
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Tirunelveli. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.12 am to 7.40 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 7.43 am Thursday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Tirunelveli

Computed for Tirunelveli, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

6.12–7.40 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.15–10.15 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Vyaghata Yogam also run
4.45–5.45 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

7.40–9.09 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.36 am–12.05 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 10.30–12)
11.40 am–12.28 pm
12.04–1.32 pm (printed 12–1.30)
12.15–1.59 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.51 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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
Sunset5.56 pm
Moonrise1.06 pm
Moonset1.10 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Tirunelveli 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Navami, till 7.07 am (next day) 62–15 nazhigaiDasami
Sathayam, till 6.11 am (next day) 59–54 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Dhruva Yogam, till 8.06 am 4–43 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 6.42 pm 31–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Tirunelveli

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.40–9.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.36 am–12.05 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.40 am–12.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.04–1.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.15–1.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.30 pm–12.12 amA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.12
Dhanam17.41
Sugam29.09
Soram10.36
Visham12.04
Uthi31.32
Amirtham43.00
Rogam4.27

Night

Uthi5.56
Amirtham7.28
Rogam8.59
Labam10.33
Dhanam12.05
Sugam1.37
Soram3.08
Visham4.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Saumya Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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 am8.20 am
Dhanu8.20 am10.28 am
Makara10.28 am12.24 pm
Kumbha12.24 pm2.10 pm
Meena2.10 pm3.53 pm
Mesha3.53 pm5.44 pm
Vrishabha5.44 pm7.48 pm
Mithuna7.48 pm9.59 pm
Kataka9.59 pm12.05 am
Simha12.05 am2.05 am
Kanya2.05 am4.03 am
Tula4.03 am6.06 am
Vrischika6.06 am6.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.12
Chandra7.11
Sani8.10
Guru9.08
Sevvai10.07
Suriya11.05
Sukran12.04
Budhan1.03
Chandra2.01
Sani3.00
Guru3.58
Sevvai4.57

Night

Suriya5.56
Sukran6.57
Budhan7.58
Chandra9.00
Sani10.01
Guru11.03
Sevvai12.04
Suriya1.06
Sukran2.07
Budhan3.09
Chandra4.10
Sani5.11

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Friday 12.51 am

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