Panchangam 6 Oct 2026 · Chennai

On Tuesday 6 October 2026, in Chennai: Tamil date Purattasi 19 (Parabhava year); thithi Theipirai Ekadasi until 1:30 am (next day), nakshatra Ayilyam until 11:55 pm; Rahu Kalam 3:00 – 4:30 pm, Nalla Neram 7:45 – 8:45 am and 4:45 – 5:45 pm (Vakya panchangam).

Source: the Vakya almanac (the same for every town in Tamil Nadu); Thirukanitha from Chennai sunrise (13.09°N, 80.28°E) · How we calculate

Tuesday, 6 October 2026 ·

Vakya panchangam

The traditional reckoning that Tamil Nadu temples and printed calendars follow.

Tuesday, 6 October 2026 · Parabhava year

Purattasi 19

புரட்டாசி 19

Theipiraiதேய்பிறை: The waning fortnight: the fifteen days from full moon to new moon. Ekadasi until 1:30 am (next day), then Dwadasi தேய்பிறை ஏகாதசி · இரவு 1:30 (நாளை) வரை, பிறகு துவாதசி

Ayilyam until 11:55 pm, then Magam ஆயில்யம் · இரவு 11:55 வரை, பிறகு மகம்

Sunrise6:02 am

Sunset6:01 pm

On 6 Oct 2026: special dayEkadasi

Rahu Kalam · avoid3:00 – 4:30 pm Now

Good time (Nalla Neram)7:45 – 8:45 am4:45 – 5:45 pm Now

Yamagandamஎமகண்டம்: One of the eight parts of the day, held unsuitable for starting anything new.9:00 – 10:30 am

Kuligaiகுளிகை: One of the eight parts of the day. Some families start lasting work in it; others avoid it for ceremonies.12:00 – 1:30 pm

Soolam · remedy

Soolam: the direction to avoid travelling in that day. Remedy: what to take first if you must go that way.

North · Milk

Chandrashtamam

The two and a half days when the Moon is in the eighth sign from your rasi; people of these rasis put off big decisions by tradition.

Dhanusu, Magaram

Moonrise1:55 am

Day type (Naal)Downward day

Yogam

One of 27 parts worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions together; shown with the time it ends.

Siddham until 9:43 am

Karanam

Half of a thithi; each thithi has two. Shown with the time it ends.

Bava until 2:27 pm

Other methodGowri Nalla Neram

Gowri Nalla Neram: a separate tradition that cuts day and night into eight parts each. Most families go by the almanac's Nalla Neram.

Good parts by the Gowri tradition:

7:30 – 9:00 am10:30 am – 12:00 pm1:30 – 3:00 pm4:30 – 6:00 pm7:30 – 9:00 pm10:30 pm – 12:00 am (next day)1:30 – 6:00 am (next day)

Other methodThirukanitham

Thirukanithamதிருக்கணிதம்: Modern astronomical reckoning that matches the observed sky.: the modern astronomical reckoning, worked out from your city's actual sunrise. Some calendars print it.

By Thirukanitham the Tamil date is Purattasi 20.

Tamil date: Purattasi 20 · Parabhava year
Thithi (lunar day): Theipirai Ekadasi until 12:34 am (next day)
Nakshatraநட்சத்திரம்: One of the 27 star groups the Moon passes through, about one a day. The one at your birth is your birth star. (star): Ayilyam until 10:17 pm
Yogam: Siddham until 7:20 am
Karanam: Bava until 1:19 pm
Sunrise · sunset: 5:58 am · 5:55 pm
Rahu Kalam: 2:56 – 4:25 pm
Yamagandam: 8:57 – 10:27 am
Kuligai: 11:56 am – 1:26 pm
Good time (Nalla Neram): 7:28 – 8:57 am 10:27 – 11:56 am 1:26 – 2:56 pm 4:25 – 5:55 pm
Gowri good time: 7:28 – 8:57 am 10:27 – 11:56 am 1:26 – 2:56 pm 4:25 – 5:55 pm 7:25 – 8:56 pm 10:26 – 11:57 pm 1:27 – 5:58 am (next day)

தமிழ் தினசரி காலண்டர் 6 அக்டோபர் 2026: புரட்டாசி 19, செவ்வாய்; ராகு காலம் பிற்பகல் 3:00 – 4:30, நல்ல நேரம் காலை 7:45 – 8:45, மாலை 4:45 – 5:45

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