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Tuesday
Parabhava
Avani
1
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Shashtitill 5.51 pm, then Saptami
Swathitill 6.47 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.20–4.59
Yamagandammorning 8.49–10.28
Kuligaiafternoon 12.04–1.43
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.43–3.20night 7.59–9.20

Computed for Ayodhya. 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, 5.34 am to 8.10 am is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Ayodhya, 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

5.34–8.10 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.28–11.00 amShort clear window
11.39 am–12.30 pm; Tyajyam and Kuligai also run
1.43–3.20 pmClear of every caution
1.43–3.20 pm, inside the clear stretch
4.59–6.36 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.10–9.03 am
8.49–10.28 am
11.00 am–12.44 pm
12.04–1.43 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.20–4.59 pm
10.59–11.44 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.31 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise5.34 am
Sunset6.36 pm
Moonrise10.56 am
Moonset9.50 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Ayodhya 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Shashti, till 5.51 pm 30–42 nazhigaiSaptami
Swathi, till 6.47 am (next day) 63–01 nazhigaiVisakam
Shukla Yogam, till 3.23 am (next day) 54–31 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 5.51 pm 30–42 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.10–9.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.49–10.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.00 am–12.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.39 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.04–1.43 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.20–4.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.20–11.02 pmA favourable window
10.59–11.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.34
Labam17.12
Dhanam28.50
Sugam310.28
Soram12.04
Uthi1.43
Visham3.20
Amirtham4.59

Night

Soram6.36
Uthi7.59
Visham9.20
Amirtham410.43
Rogam12.05
Labam1.28
Dhanam2.50
Sugam4.13

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham and Yamagandam; 3 Tyajyam; 4 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Svātī

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
Kataka5.34 am5.34 am
Simha5.34 am7.50 am
Kanya7.50 am10.04 am
Tula10.04 am12.22 pm
Vrischika12.22 pm2.39 pm
Dhanu2.39 pm4.44 pm
Makara4.44 pm6.27 pm
Kumbha6.27 pm7.57 pm
Meena7.57 pm9.24 pm
Mesha9.24 pm11.01 pm
Vrishabha11.01 pm12.57 am
Mithuna12.57 am3.11 am
Kataka3.11 am5.30 am
Simha5.30 am5.34 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.34
Suriya6.39
Sukran7.44
Budhan8.49
Chandra9.55
Sani11.00
Guru12.05
Sevvai1.10
Suriya2.15
Sukran3.20
Budhan4.26
Chandra5.31

Night

Sani6.36
Guru7.31
Sevvai8.26
Suriya9.21
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.10
Chandra12.05
Sani1.00
Guru1.55
Sevvai2.50
Suriya3.45
Sukran4.40

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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