Friday, 23 October 2026: the sky settles into Dhruva, the fixed one

A day of steadying: Dhruva yoga and Dwadashi favour commitments you mean to keep, while Purva Bhadrapada asks for depth before the Friday softens into evening.

23 Oct 2026: Ekadashi gives way to Shukla Dwadashi and Dhruva yoga, a steady day for commitments you mean to keep. Read it against your own chart, free.

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Three things turned over since yesterday, and they point the same way. Ekadashi has given way to Shukla Dwadashi, the fasting day to the day you break it. Shatabhisha has moved into Purva Bhadrapada. And Vriddhi yoga has settled into Dhruva, the fixed one.

Dhruva means steady, rooted, lasting. It is the yoga for things you want to hold: a commitment made today, a habit begun, a foundation laid. If you have been waiting to start something you mean to keep, this is a day that holds it.

Dwadashi runs until 14:37 and carries Savitar, the quickening sun. Its nature is neutral, so it takes the colour of what surrounds it, and today what surrounds it is steady. Give the morning to the thing that matters most.

Purva Bhadrapada sits under Jupiter and holds until 21:04. It leans intense, a touch austere, better suited to depth than to charm. Set that against Venus, the Friday lord, and you get a useful tension: the weekday softens, the nakshatra sharpens. Do the serious work first, then let the evening be gentle.

Rahu Kaal falls from 10:41 to 12:05 in Delhi, so keep fresh beginnings out of that window. These sunrise-based windows genuinely shift from one city to the next, so check yours on the panchang tool.

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October 2026, read day by day

Common questions

What changed from yesterday to 23 October 2026?

The tithi moved from Ekadashi to Shukla Dwadashi, the Moon's nakshatra shifted from Shatabhisha to Purva Bhadrapada, and the yoga changed from Vriddhi to Dhruva.

What does Dhruva yoga mean for the day?

Dhruva means fixed, steady and lasting. It favours positive, durable actions: commitments you intend to keep, habits you want to begin, and foundations you want to hold.

When does Dwadashi end on 23 October 2026?

Shukla Dwadashi runs until 14:37 on 23 October 2026, after which the next tithi begins. Its presiding deity is Savitar and its nature is neutral.

What is the Moon's nakshatra on this day?

The Moon sits in Purva Bhadrapada, pada 2, which holds until 21:04. Its lord is Jupiter and its deity is Aja Ekapad, with the Moon in Aquarius and the Sun in Libra.

Why are my Rahu Kaal timings different from the ones shown?

The figures here are for Delhi. Rahu Kaal and the other sunrise-derived windows are calculated from your local sunrise, so they genuinely shift city to city. Check yours on the panchang tool.

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