October 2026
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Aippasi
4
Budhan
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 10.42 am, then Ekadasi
Avittamtill 4.18 pm, then Sathayam
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.40–1.19
Yamagandammorning 6.48–8.27
Kuligaimorning 10.03–11.41
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.12–6.48evening 6.10–7.32

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Ganda Yogam runs all day, till 9.04 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Durban, 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

5.12–6.48 am; Ganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.48–8.27 am
10.03–11.41 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.14 am–12.07 pm
11.40 am–1.19 pm
11.48 pm–1.29 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 11.35 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

Sunrise5.12 am
Sunset6.10 pm
Moonrise1.40 pm
Moonset2.41 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi, from 3.31 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 22 October: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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)
Dasami, till 10.42 am 13–48 nazhigaiEkadasi
Avittam, till 4.18 pm 27–48 nazhigaiSathayam
Ganda Yogam, till 9.04 pm caution 39–40 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.42 am 13–48 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.06 pm 44–49 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.44–4.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.09–6.51 amA favourable window
6.48–8.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.03–11.41 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.14 am–12.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–1.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 pm–1.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.12
Dhanam26.49
Sugam38.27
Soram10.03
Visham11.40
Uthi41.19
Amirtham52.56
Rogam4.32

Night

Uthi6.10
Amirtham7.33
Rogam8.55
Labam10.18
Dhanam611.41
Sugam71.03
Soram2.25
Visham3.48

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Ganda Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam; 3 Ganda Yogam; 4 Ganda Yogam; 5 Ganda Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Saumya Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 4.18 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
2082
5128
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Tula5.12 am6.40 am
Vrischika6.40 am8.35 am
Dhanu8.35 am10.50 am
Makara10.50 am1.11 pm
Kumbha1.11 pm3.29 pm
Meena3.29 pm5.47 pm
Mesha5.47 pm8.08 pm
Vrishabha8.08 pm10.27 pm
Mithuna10.27 pm12.31 am
Kataka12.31 am2.12 am
Simha2.12 am3.38 am
Kanya3.38 am5.02 am
Tula5.02 am5.11 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.12
Chandra6.16
Sani7.21
Guru8.26
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.36
Sukran11.41
Budhan12.46
Chandra1.51
Sani2.55
Guru4.00
Sevvai5.05

Night

Suriya6.10
Sukran7.05
Budhan8.00
Chandra8.55
Sani9.50
Guru10.45
Sevvai11.40
Suriya12.35
Sukran1.30
Budhan2.25
Chandra3.20
Sani4.16

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Friday 11.35 am

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