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Malayalam Panchangam
Traditional Kerala Panchangam in the Kollam Era (Kolla Varsham) with Karkidaka Ramayana tradition.
Kollam Era 1202 ME · Saumya
Lunar Month
Thulam (തുലാം)
Year
Kollam Era 1202 ME
Samvatsara
Saumya
Script
Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Note: Year number (Kollam Era / Kollavarsham, epoch 825 CE) uses a fixed-AUGUST rollover heuristic, not April — Malayalam's civil year starts at Chingam 1 (Simha Sankranti, ~mid-August), the one system in this endpoint that doesn't roll over near Chaitra/Mesha. The exact Sankranti date still moves by a day or two year to year, so this remains an approximation, not a Sankranti-time calculation. Month name is a real solar (Sun-rashi) computation — note the Rashi-to-month mapping itself starts at Medam=Mesha (index 0) even though the CIVIL year starts at Chingam=Simha (index 4); these are two different things, see constants.py's citation.
Malayalam Panchangam — Monthly Calendar
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Panchang for Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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Tithi
Navami
Shukla
Nakshatra
Shravana
Yoga
Shoola
Karana
Kaulava
Var
Tuesday (Mangalavara)
Rahu Kalam
02:56 PM to 04:21 PM
Yamaganda
09:15 AM to 10:40 AM
Gulik Kalam
12:05 PM to 01:30 PM
Abhijit
11:42 AM to 12:28 PM
Dur Muhurta
08:41 AM to 09:26 AM, 10:50 PM to 11:40 PM
Amrit Kalam
06:36 AM to 08:21 AM
Good & Inauspicious Days
Based on the classical Nanda/Bhadra/Jaya/Rikta/Purna tithi classification, applied to this month's calculated tithi for each day. Individual festival and vrat days are listed on the Festivals and Vrat pages.
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Auspicious Days
24 days- 1
Day 1
Purna tithi — highly auspicious, full and complete
- 2
Day 2
Nanda tithi — good for joyous beginnings
- 3
Day 3
Bhadra tithi — auspicious, gentle start
- 5
Day 5
Purna tithi — highly auspicious, full and complete
- 6
Day 6
Nanda tithi — auspicious for fasting and worship
- 7
Day 7
Bhadra tithi — auspicious, gentle start
- 8
Day 8
Jaya tithi — favourable for effort and competition
- 11
About the Malayalam Panchangam
- Calendar type
- Solar (sidereal); civil year begins in the Sun's Simha (Leo) month
- New year
- Chingam 1 — mid-August (Vishu, in Medam, is the astronomical new year celebration in April)
- Era
- Kollavarsham (Kolla Era), counted from 825 CE
- Months
- Chingam, Kanni, Thulam, Vrishchikam, Dhanu, Makaram, Kumbham, Meenam, Medam, Edavam, Mithunam, Karkidakam
The Malayalam calendar is solar: months follow the Sun's entry into each sign. Its civil year starts in Chingam, and the Kollavarsham era began in 825 CE.
Religious observances such as Ekadashi, Pradosham and the Nakshatra-based birthday (Janmanakshatra) still follow the lunar calendar. Festivals like Onam are set by a combination of the Malayalam month and the Thiruvonam nakshatra.
Malayalam Panchangam — Lunar Month Correspondences
How the current month aligns to the Malayalam Panchangam calendar system
Lunar MonthThulam (തുലാം)
YearKollam Era 1202 ME
SamvatsaraSaumya
New YearVishu — 1st Medam
Calendar SystemSolar (Surya Siddhanta)
ScriptMalayalam (മലയാളം)