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Kumbha (Aquarius) rasi palan today — Saturday, 17 October 2026

Times for Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Change town

As at 9 am

A mixed day

Some things move easily, some need a second push.

Chandra (Moon) 11th from your sign helps income and friendships; Surya (Sun) 8th asks care with change and what is unsettled.

The prayer of the day: Visit a Shani sannidhi on a Saturday — Thirunallar if you can get there, or the Navagraha shrine in any large temple, where Saturn stands in his own corner. Light a sesame-oil lamp if the temple sells them and leave it at that. A visit is a visit; nothing needs to be bought and no pooja needs to be booked.

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 –

    Avoid new ventures and agreements
  • Yamagandam

    in the afternoon –

    Avoid important talks and journeys
  • Gulikai

    in the morning –

    Avoid it only for new beginnings

Sunrise

Sunset

Star by star

  • Dhanishta, padas 3–4A good day to begin something new.To begin Sat 17 Oct, – Sat 17 Oct,
  • ShatabhishaA good day to begin something new.To begin Sat 17 Oct, – Sat 17 Oct,
  • Purva Bhadrapada, padas 1–3A good day to begin something new.To begin Sat 17 Oct, – Sat 17 Oct,

Today, part by part

  • Something newSat 17 Oct, – Sat 17 Oct,
  • Workmixedrivals and opponents overcome and success in what you take up, but go carefully with work. (Why: Surya (Sun) 8th and Budha (Mercury) 9th from your sign.)
  • Businessmoney coming in. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 6th from your sign.)A deal or signature –
  • Moneyfavourablemoney coming in
  • You and your healthmixedhappier days, disputes ending and good health, but go carefully with yourself and your health. (Why: Surya (Sun) 8th from your sign.)
  • TravelA journey – Soolam East — pariharam: Curd

Nothing marked today for: Family and friends

The days ahead

  1. Sun, 18 OctMixedMoon in Dhanus (Sagittarius) → Makara (Capricorn)
  2. Tue, 20 OctQuietThiruvonam
  3. Wed, 21 OctMixedMoon in Makara (Capricorn) → Kumbha (Aquarius)
  4. Thu, 22 OctMixedEkadasi
  5. Fri, 23 OctMixedPradoshamMoon in Kumbha (Aquarius) → Meena (Pisces)

The Moon stands strongest for your sign on: Sat, 17 Oct, Sun, 18 Oct, Fri, 13 Nov

This week's sky

  • Sat 17 Oct, Surya (Sun) moves into Tula (Libra) — the 9th from your signOrdinary
  • Shukra (Venus) sets (asta): no wedding muhurtham dates until Thu, 29 OctOrdinary

The next chandrashtama

  • Thu 5 Nov, – Sat 7 Nov,
  • Wed 2 Dec, – Fri 4 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 = Kumbha (Aquarius) · dot = the Moon today

This season

a few weeks

  • Surya (Sun) · Kanya (Virgo)Ordinary

    Surya (Sun) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled

  • Sevvai (Mars) · Karka (Cancer)favourable

    Sevvai (Mars) is 6th from your sign: health and competition

  • Budha (Mercury) · Tula (Libra)Ordinary

    Budha (Mercury) is 9th from your sign: fortune and guidance

  • Shukra (Venus) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Shukra (Venus) is 9th from your sign: fortune and guidance

The background

many months

  • Guru (Jupiter) · Karka (Cancer)Ordinary

    Guru (Jupiter) is 6th from your sign: health and competition · until 31 October 2026

  • Shani (Saturn) · Meena (Pisces)Ordinary

    Shani (Saturn) is 2nd from your sign: money and family · until 3 June 2027

    Sade Sati for Kumbha (Aquarius)

  • Rahu · Kumbha (Aquarius)Ordinary

    Rahu is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself · until 5 December 2026

  • Ketu · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Ketu is 7th from your sign: marriage and partnerships · until 5 December 2026

Sade Sati (setting) — until 3 June 2027

In the sky

Chandra (Moon) is 11th from your sign: income and friendships · Chandrabala holds

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 Saptamithen Shukla Ashtamiin the morning, tomorrow

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

NakshatraMulathen Purva Ashadhain the morning

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

YogaAtigandaat night

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

KaranaGarain the evening

Half of a tithi; two in a day.

WeekdaySaturdayShani (Saturn)

SoolamEastpariharam: Curd

The direction a journey is not started in, today.

The day's yoga

Siddha yoga

Downward day

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