November 2026
7
Saturday
Parabhava
Aippasi
21
Sani
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.58 pm, then Amavasai
Chithiraitill 4.23 pm, then Swathi
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Deepavali

Rahu Kalammorning 9.14–10.32
Yamagandamafternoon 1.07–2.25
Kuligaimorning 6.39–7.57
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.32–11.49evening 5.00–6.42

Computed for Sacramento, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 10.32 am to 1.07 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.36 am.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Sacramento, 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

10.32 am–1.07 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.32–11.49 am, inside the clear stretch
11.29 am–12.10 pm
2.25–5.00 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.39–7.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.39–8.02 am
9.14–10.32 am
1.07–2.25 pm
10.20 pm–12.03 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 1.19 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.39 am
Sunset5.00 pm
Moonrise6.20 am (next day)
Moonset3.47 pm
SunTula Rasi
MoonTula Rasi, from 3.45 am

This day and the next

Deepavali, the Naraka Chaturdasi morning; the oil bath before sunrise.

Sunday 8 November: Amavasai.

In Tamil Nadu, Deepavali is on Sunday 8 November.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sacramento 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)
Chaturdasi, till 9.58 pm 38–16 nazhigaiAmavasai
Chithirai, till 4.23 pm 24–18 nazhigaiSwathi
Priti Yogam, till 1.58 pm 18–16 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.36 am caution 7–21 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.58 pm 38–16 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.51–5.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.39–7.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.39–8.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.14–10.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–11.20 amA favourable window
11.29 am–12.10 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.07–2.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.20 pm–12.03 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.39
Uthi17.57
Visham9.14
Amirtham10.32
Rogam11.49
Labam21.08
Dhanam2.25
Sugam3.43

Night

Labam5.00
Dhanam6.43
Sugam8.25
Soram10.07
Uthi311.50
Visham1.32
Amirtham3.16
Soram4.57

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 4.23 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
Tula6.39 am7.29 am
Vrischika7.29 am9.53 am
Dhanu9.53 am11.55 am
Makara11.55 am1.28 pm
Kumbha1.28 pm2.44 pm
Meena2.44 pm3.57 pm
Mesha3.57 pm5.21 pm
Vrishabha5.21 pm7.11 pm
Mithuna7.11 pm9.28 pm
Kataka9.28 pm11.58 pm
Simha11.58 pm2.27 am
Kanya2.27 am4.55 am
Tula4.55 am6.40 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.39
Guru7.31
Sevvai8.23
Suriya9.14
Sukran10.06
Budhan10.58
Chandra11.49
Sani12.41
Guru1.33
Sevvai2.25
Suriya3.16
Sukran4.08

Night

Budhan5.00
Chandra6.08
Sani7.17
Guru8.25
Sevvai9.33
Suriya10.42
Sukran11.50
Budhan12.58
Chandra2.07
Sani3.15
Guru4.23
Sevvai5.32

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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