October 2026
23
Friday
Parabhava
Aippasi
6
Velli

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 4.07 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Poorattathitill 11.33 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 10.07–11.37
Yamagandamafternoon 2.35–4.06
Kuligaimorning 7.08–8.38
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.39–7.08night 7.06–8.35

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 5.39 am to 7.08 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 10.32 am Saturday.

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


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Georgetown, 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

5.39–7.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.39–7.08 am, inside the clear stretch
8.38–10.07 amClear of every caution
11.14 am–12.00 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
11.37 am–12.38 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.08–8.38 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.07–11.37 am
2.35–4.06 pm
8.56–10.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 9.53 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise5.39 am
Sunset5.35 pm
Moonrise3.42 pm
Moonset4.01 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 5.34 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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
Velli (Friday)
Trayodasi, till 4.07 am (next day) 56–11 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Poorattathi, till 11.33 am 14–46 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Dhruva Yogam, till 12.39 pm 17–29 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.43 pm 27–39 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 4.07 am (next day) 56–11 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.03–4.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.08–8.38 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.07–11.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.14 am–12.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.35–4.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.56–10.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.39
Soram7.08
Uthi8.38
Visham10.07
Amirtham111.37
Rogam1.06
Labam22.36
Dhanam34.06

Night

Rogam5.35
Labam7.06
Dhanam48.36
Sugam510.07
Soram11.36
Uthi1.08
Visham2.37
Amirtham4.09

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 11.33 am, 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
Tula5.39 am7.22 am
Vrischika7.22 am9.31 am
Dhanu9.31 am11.40 am
Makara11.40 am1.37 pm
Kumbha1.37 pm3.24 pm
Meena3.24 pm5.09 pm
Mesha5.09 pm7.01 pm
Vrishabha7.01 pm9.06 pm
Mithuna9.06 pm11.16 pm
Kataka11.16 pm1.22 am
Simha1.22 am3.19 am
Kanya3.19 am5.16 am
Tula5.16 am5.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.39
Budhan6.39
Chandra7.38
Sani8.38
Guru9.38
Sevvai10.37
Suriya11.37
Sukran12.37
Budhan1.36
Chandra2.36
Sani3.36
Guru4.35

Night

Sevvai5.35
Suriya6.35
Sukran7.36
Budhan8.36
Chandra9.36
Sani10.37
Guru11.37
Sevvai12.37
Suriya1.38
Sukran2.38
Budhan3.38
Chandra4.39

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Sunday 9.53 am

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