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Karka (Cancer) rasi palan today — Wednesday, 21 October 2026

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As at 9 am

A day to take gently

Chandrashtama — until Fri 23 Oct,

Not a day against you — a day that rewards patience over push.

The Moon is in the eighth from your sign today — what is traditionally called Chandrashtama. It comes round about once a month and passes in a day or two. It is read as a low-energy day rather than an unlucky one: better for rest and routine work than for beginning something new.

Chandra (Moon) is 8th and Surya (Sun) 4th from your sign: go gently with change and what is unsettled and home and peace of mind today.

For the planet weighing most on this part of the day, 8th from your sign: Recite the Chandra mantra, beginning on a Monday. Free, and the first remedy for an afflicted Moon.

The day's times

  • Good time

    in the morning –

    in the morning –

    in the afternoon – in the evening

    For starting work, deals and money matters
  • Rahu kalam

    in the morning – in the afternoon

    Avoid new ventures and agreements
  • Yamagandam

    in the morning –

    Avoid important talks and journeys
  • Gulikai

    in the morning –

    Avoid it only for new beginnings

Sunrise

Sunset

Star by star

  • Punarvasu, pada 4A good day to begin something new.To begin Wed 21 Oct, – Wed 21 Oct,
  • PushyaA day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Fri 23 Oct,
  • AshleshaA good day to begin something new.To begin Wed 21 Oct, – Wed 21 Oct,

Today, part by part

  • Something newWed 21 Oct, – Wed 21 Oct,
  • Workneeds patience (from )go carefully with work. (Why: Chandra (Moon) 8th from your sign.)
  • Businessmoney coming in. (Why: Budha (Mercury) 4th from your sign.)A deal or signature –
  • Moneyfavourable (until )money coming infrom mixedmoney coming in, but go carefully with money. (Why: Chandra (Moon) 8th from your sign.)
  • Family and friendsmixednew friends, but go carefully with family and friends. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 1st from your sign.)
  • You and your healthmixedhappier days, but go carefully with yourself and your health. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 1st from your sign.)
  • TravelA journey – Soolam North — pariharam: Milk

The days ahead

  1. Thu, 22 OctGentlyChandrashtamaEkadasi
  2. Fri, 23 OctGentlyChandrashtama — until PradoshamMoon in Kumbha (Aquarius) → Meena (Pisces)
  3. Sun, 25 OctQuietPournamiMoon in Meena (Pisces) → Mesha (Aries)
  4. Tue, 27 OctMixedKiruthigaiMoon in Mesha (Aries) → Vrishabha (Taurus)
  5. Wed, 28 OctMixedVasthu day

The Moon stands strongest for your sign on: Wed, 28 Oct, Thu, 29 Oct, Fri, 6 Nov

This week's sky

  • Shukra (Venus) sets (asta): no wedding muhurtham dates until Thu, 29 OctOrdinary

The next chandrashtama

  • Tue 17 Nov, – Thu 19 Nov,
  • Mon 14 Dec, – Thu 17 Dec,

Chandrashtama comes about once a month and lasts about two and a quarter days — a time to go slowly.

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Why — 8 reasons
Coloured arc = Karka (Cancer) · dot = the Moon today

This season

a few weeks

  • Surya (Sun) · Tula (Libra)Ordinary

    Surya (Sun) is 4th from your sign: home and peace of mind

  • Sevvai (Mars) · Karka (Cancer)Ordinary

    Sevvai (Mars) is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself

  • Budha (Mercury) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Budha (Mercury) is 4th from your sign: home and peace of mind

  • Shukra (Venus) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Shukra (Venus) is 4th from your sign: home and peace of mind

The background

many months

  • Guru (Jupiter) · Karka (Cancer)Ordinary

    Guru (Jupiter) is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself · until 31 October 2026

  • Shani (Saturn) · Meena (Pisces)Ordinary

    Shani (Saturn) is 9th from your sign: fortune and guidance · until 3 June 2027

  • Rahu · Kumbha (Aquarius)Ordinary

    Rahu is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled · until 5 December 2026

  • Ketu · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Ketu is 2nd from your sign: money and family · until 5 December 2026

Hour by hour

  1. until Wed 21 Oct, MixedChandra (Moon) is 7th from your sign: marriage and partnerships · Chandrabala holds
  2. from Wed 21 Oct, GentlyMoon in Kumbha (Aquarius) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettledChandrashtama — until Fri 23 Oct,

Sade Sati next begins 31 May 2032

How this is worked out

Each of the nine grahas is placed in a sign, and counted as a house from yours. Classical gochara says which of those placements help and which resist. The Moon carries the day because it changes sign every two and a quarter days; Saturn is background, because it has been saying the same thing for two years and cannot be why today differs from yesterday.

The day's panchang

That day's panchang

TithiShukla Dasamithen Shukla Ekadasiin the afternoon

The lunar day, counted from the new or full moon.

NakshatraDhanishtathen Shatabhishain the evening

The star the Moon stands in today; one of twenty-seven.

YogaGandaat night, tomorrow

The day's pattern from the Sun and Moon together; one of twenty-seven.

KaranaGarain the afternoon

Half of a tithi; two in a day.

WeekdayWednesdayBudha (Mercury)

SoolamNorthpariharam: Milk

The direction a journey is not started in, today.

The day's yoga

Prabalarishta yoga

until 7:48 in the evening

from 7:48 in the evening

Siddha yoga

Upward day

Your own day, read from your birth star rather than your sign