October 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Aippasi
3
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 1.42 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Avittamtill 7.18 am (next day), then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Vijayadasami

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.32–4.53
Yamagandammorning 10.14–11.35
Kuligaiafternoon 12.53–2.14
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.31 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.53–6.12night 7.53–9.33

Computed for Seattle, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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.

Shoola Yogam runs till 12.21 pm; Ganda Yogam runs till 12.04 pm Wednesday. 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 Seattle, 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

12.33–1.14 pm; Kuligai and Ganda Yogam also run
4.53–6.12 pm; Ganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

9.42–10.26 am
9.49–11.34 am
10.14–11.35 am
12.53–2.14 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.32–4.53 pm
11.33 pm–12.28 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 6.31 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 6.31 pm, until Friday 2.35 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

Sunrise7.35 am
Sunset6.12 pm
Moonrise4.04 pm
Moonset2.11 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Vijayadasami, the tenth day; Vidyarambham and new beginnings.

Wednesday 21 October: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Seattle 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Dasami, till 1.42 am (next day) 45–14 nazhigaiEkadasi
Avittam, till 7.18 am (next day) 59–13 nazhigaiSathayam
Shoola Yogam, till 12.21 pm caution 11–51 nazhigaiGanda Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 1.07 pm 13–48 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 1.42 am (next day) 45–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.49–6.42 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.42–10.26 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.49–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.14–11.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.33–1.14 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.53–2.14 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.32–4.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.09–9.51 pmA favourable window
11.33 pm–12.28 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.35
Labam18.56
Dhanam210.15
Sugam311.35
Soram12.53
Uthi42.14
Visham3.32
Amirtham54.53

Night

Soram6.12
Uthi7.53
Visham9.33
Amirtham611.14
Rogam12.54
Labam2.36
Dhanam4.16
Sugam5.57

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Tula7.35 am10.08 am
Vrischika10.08 am12.40 pm
Dhanu12.40 pm2.37 pm
Makara2.37 pm3.59 pm
Kumbha3.59 pm5.00 pm
Meena5.00 pm5.59 pm
Mesha5.59 pm7.11 pm
Vrishabha7.11 pm8.53 pm
Mithuna8.53 pm11.14 pm
Kataka11.14 pm1.55 am
Simha1.55 am4.38 am
Kanya4.38 am7.21 am
Tula7.21 am7.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.35
Suriya8.29
Sukran9.22
Budhan10.15
Chandra11.08
Sani12.01
Guru12.54
Sevvai1.47
Suriya2.40
Sukran3.33
Budhan4.26
Chandra5.19

Night

Sani6.12
Guru7.19
Sevvai8.26
Suriya9.33
Sukran10.40
Budhan11.47
Chandra12.54
Sani2.02
Guru3.09
Sevvai4.16
Suriya5.23
Sukran6.30

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 6.30 pm, until Tuesday 2.35 am

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