September 2026
19
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
2
Sani

Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 9.57 pm, then Navami
Moolamtill 8.13 am (next day), then Pooradam
Siddha Yogam

First Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 9.15–10.46
Yamagandamafternoon 1.45–3.16
Kuligaimorning 6.16–7.46
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.45–6.15night 7.45–9.14

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZST). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 10.46 am to 1.45 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.44 am.

This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Auckland, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

10.46 am–1.45 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.44–9.15 amShort clear window
11.52 am–12.39 pm
4.03–6.15 pmClear of every caution
4.45–6.15 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.16–7.46 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.16–7.52 am
9.15–10.46 am
1.45–3.16 pm
2.14–4.03 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.46 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise6.16 am
Sunset6.15 pm
Moonrise10.47 am
Moonset2.15 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi, from 5.15 am

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Auckland's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Ashtami, till 9.57 pm 39–17 nazhigaiNavami
Moolam, till 8.13 am (next day) 64–58 nazhigaiPooradam
Ayushman Yogam, till 8.59 pm 36–51 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.44 am caution 6–11 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.57 pm 39–17 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.16–7.46 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.16–7.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.15–10.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.52 am–12.39 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.45–3.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.14–4.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–2.49 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.16
Uthi17.46
Visham9.15
Amirtham10.46
Rogam12.15
Labam21.46
Dhanam33.16
Sugam4.45

Night

Labam6.15
Dhanam7.45
Sugam9.15
Soram10.44
Uthi12.15
Visham1.44
Amirtham3.15
Soram4.44

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Yamagandam and Tyajyam; 3 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Sthira Vāsara · Mūla

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha6.16 am6.16 am
Kanya6.16 am7.31 am
Tula7.31 am8.58 am
Vrischika8.58 am10.49 am
Dhanu10.49 am1.06 pm
Makara1.06 pm3.34 pm
Kumbha3.34 pm6.00 pm
Meena6.00 pm8.26 pm
Mesha8.26 pm10.54 pm
Vrishabha10.54 pm1.17 am
Mithuna1.17 am3.19 am
Kataka3.19 am4.54 am
Simha4.54 am6.12 am
Kanya6.12 am6.14 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Auckland.

Horai

Day

Sani6.16
Guru7.16
Sevvai8.15
Suriya9.15
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.15
Chandra12.15
Sani1.15
Guru2.15
Sevvai3.15
Suriya4.15
Sukran5.15

Night

Budhan6.15
Chandra7.15
Sani8.15
Guru9.15
Sevvai10.15
Suriya11.15
Sukran12.14
Budhan1.14
Chandra2.14
Sani3.14
Guru4.14
Sevvai5.14

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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