Computed for Austin, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 11.52 am to 1.20 pm is the best of the day.
Vajra Yogam runs till 1.51 pm Wednesday.
This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. It is Mahalaya Paksham, the fortnight for ancestors. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
No kolam on this sheet: it is a sraddham day.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Austin, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
11.52 am–1.20 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.23–7.35 amShort clear window
9.06–9.46 amShort clear window
12.58–1.44 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.51–4.19 pmClear of every caution
5.50–7.19 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs
Avoid
7.35–9.06 am
9.46–10.34 am
10.22–11.52 am
1.20–2.51 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.19–5.50 pm
12.08–12.58 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
until Wednesday 2.44 am
Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters· Chithirai, first to second quarters
For those born in Kanya Rasi.
Then
from 2.44 am, until Friday 5.11 am
Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters· Visakam, first to third quarters
For those born in Tula 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
Sunrise7.23 am
Sunset7.19 pm
Moonrise9.12 pm
Moonset10.26 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi
This day and the next
Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.
, Chaturthi Sraddham and Maha Bharani Sraddham on this day.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Austin's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Austin 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
Limb
This day
Then
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Chaturthi, till 4.26 am (next day) 52–35 nazhigai
Panchami
Bharani, till 9.07 pm 34–19 nazhigai
Karthigai
Harshana Yogam, till 4.50 pm 23–38 nazhigai
Vajra Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 5.34 pm 25–27 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 4.26 am (next day) 52–35 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Austin
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.47–6.34 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.35–9.06 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.46–10.34 am
Avoided for new beginnings
10.22–11.52 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.58–1.44 pm
Widely used for beginnings
1.20–2.51 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
4.19–5.50 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
4.37–6.06 pm
A favourable window
12.08–12.58 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Rogam7.23
Labam18.53
Dhanam210.23
Sugam11.52
Soram1.20
Uthi2.51
Visham4.19
Amirtham35.50
Night
Soram7.19
Uthi8.50
Visham10.20
Amirtham411.51
Rogam1.21
Labam2.52
Dhanam4.23
Sugam5.54
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham and Yamagandam; 3 Vajra Yogam; 4 Durmuhurtham.