October 2026
31
Saturday
Parabhava
Aippasi
14
Sani
Theypirai
Shashtitill 4.58 pm, then Saptami
Thiruvathiraitill 7.12 am, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.00–10.30
Yamagandamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Kuligaimorning 6.00–7.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.01 am (next day): Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45night 9.30–10.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Kumbakonam. 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, 10.28 am to 1.24 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.53 am Sunday.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Kumbakonam, 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

10.28 am–1.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.38–8.59 amClear of every caution
7.45–8.45 am, inside the clear stretch
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.33 am–12.19 pm
2.53–4.57 pmClear of every caution
4.45–5.45 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
9.30–10.30 pm

Avoid

6.03–7.32 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 6–7.30)
6.03–7.38 am
8.59–10.28 am (printed 9–10.30)
1.24–2.53 pm (printed 1.30–3)
6.26–7.56 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.01 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 12.01 am, until Tuesday 3.47 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.03 am
Sunset5.49 pm
Moonrise11.01 pm
Moonset11.05 am
SunTula Rasi
MoonMithuna 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 Kumbakonam 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
Sani (Saturday)
Shashti, till 4.58 pm 27–16 nazhigaiSaptami
Thiruvathirai, till 7.12 am 2–52 nazhigai
Punarpoosam, till 5.40 am (next day) 59–00 nazhigai		Poosam
Siddha Yogam, till 5.32 pm 28–40 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 6.09 am 0–14 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 4.58 pm 27–16 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.53 am (next day) caution 54–31 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.26–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.03–7.32 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.03–7.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.59–10.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.24–2.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.26–7.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.26–4.54 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.03
Uthi17.32
Visham8.59
Amirtham10.28
Rogam11.56
Labam21.25
Dhanam2.53
Sugam34.21

Night

Labam45.49
Dhanam57.21
Sugam8.53
Soram10.24
Uthi11.57
Visham1.28
Amirtham3.00
Soram4.31

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Sthira Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 7.12 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
Tula6.03 am7.18 am
Vrischika7.18 am9.29 am
Dhanu9.29 am11.36 am
Makara11.36 am1.31 pm
Kumbha1.31 pm3.14 pm
Meena3.14 pm4.56 pm
Mesha4.56 pm6.45 pm
Vrishabha6.45 pm8.48 pm
Mithuna8.48 pm11.00 pm
Kataka11.00 pm1.08 am
Simha1.08 am3.09 am
Kanya3.09 am5.08 am
Tula5.08 am6.04 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.03
Guru7.02
Sevvai8.01
Suriya9.00
Sukran9.58
Budhan10.57
Chandra11.56
Sani12.55
Guru1.54
Sevvai2.52
Suriya3.51
Sukran4.50

Night

Budhan5.49
Chandra6.50
Sani7.51
Guru8.52
Sevvai9.54
Suriya10.55
Sukran11.56
Budhan12.57
Chandra1.59
Sani3.00
Guru4.01
Sevvai5.02

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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