October 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aippasi
2
Thingal

Valarpirai
Navamitill 1.21 am (next day), then Dasami
Thiruvonamtill 6.32 am (next day), then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.25–10.44
Yamagandamafternoon 12.02–1.21
Kuligaiafternoon 2.39–3.58
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.17–6.35night 9.59–11.40

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MDT). 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, 10.44 am to 12.02 pm is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 1.21 pm Tuesday.

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


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Calgary, 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

10.44 am–12.02 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.06–8.32 amShort clear window
1.00–1.41 pm; Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam also run
5.17–6.35 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.32–10.19 am
9.25–10.44 am
12.02–1.21 pm
1.41–2.24 pm
2.39–3.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.47–4.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 7.31 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise8.06 am
Sunset6.35 pm
Moonrise4.24 pm
Moonset1.13 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 20 October: Vijayadasami.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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)
Navami, till 1.21 am (next day) 43–03 nazhigaiDasami
Thiruvonam, till 6.32 am (next day) 56–01 nazhigaiAvittam
Dhriti Yogam, till 1.05 pm 12–26 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.26 pm 10–47 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.21 am (next day) 43–03 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.19–7.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.32–10.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.25–10.44 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.02–1.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–1.41 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.41–2.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.39–3.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.47–4.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.07–8.51 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham18.06
Visham9.25
Rogam10.43
Labam212.03
Dhanam31.21
Sugam42.40
Soram3.57
Uthi55.17

Night

Sugam6.35
Soram8.16
Uthi9.59
Amirtham11.41
Visham1.21
Rogam3.03
Labam4.45
Dhanam6.27

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Indu Vāsara · Śravaṇa

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Tula8.06 am10.51 am
Vrischika10.51 am1.27 pm
Dhanu1.27 pm3.22 pm
Makara3.22 pm4.38 pm
Kumbha4.38 pm5.33 pm
Meena5.33 pm6.25 pm
Mesha6.25 pm7.30 pm
Vrishabha7.30 pm9.08 pm
Mithuna9.08 pm11.31 pm
Kataka11.31 pm2.18 am
Simha2.18 am5.08 am
Kanya5.08 am7.57 am
Tula7.57 am8.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra8.06
Sani8.59
Guru9.51
Sevvai10.44
Suriya11.36
Sukran12.28
Budhan1.21
Chandra2.13
Sani3.06
Guru3.58
Sevvai4.50
Suriya5.43

Night

Sukran6.35
Budhan7.43
Chandra8.51
Sani9.58
Guru11.06
Sevvai12.14
Suriya1.22
Sukran2.29
Budhan3.37
Chandra4.45
Sani5.53
Guru7.00

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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