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Thursday
Parabhava
Avani
3
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 9.19 pm, then Navami
Visakamtill 9.08 am, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.41–3.20
Yamagandammorning 5.35–7.13
Kuligaimorning 8.49–10.28
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.57–6.34night 10.43–12.04 (after midnight)

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, 3.23 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.17 am.

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

3.23–6.34 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.17–8.49 amShort clear window
10.28 am–1.35 pmClear of every caution
11.39 am–12.30 pm
4.57–6.34 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.35–7.13 am
8.49–10.28 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.35–3.23 pm
1.41–3.20 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 2.50 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.35 am
Sunset6.34 pm
Moonrise12.50 pm
Moonset11.09 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 2.30 am

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 9.19 pm 39–19 nazhigaiNavami
Visakam, till 9.08 am 8–53 nazhigaiAnusham
Indra Yogam, till 4.25 am (next day) 57–05 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.17 am caution 6–43 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.19 pm 39–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.35–7.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.49–10.28 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.39 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.35–3.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.41–3.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.18–2.04 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.35
Sugam27.13
Soram8.49
Uthi10.28
Amirtham312.05
Visham1.41
Rogam3.19
Labam4.57

Night

Amirtham6.34
Visham7.56
Rogam9.19
Labam10.43
Dhanam12.05
Sugam1.28
Soram2.50
Uthi4.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 9.08 am, computed)

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
Simha5.35 am7.42 am
Kanya7.42 am9.56 am
Tula9.56 am12.14 pm
Vrischika12.14 pm2.31 pm
Dhanu2.31 pm4.36 pm
Makara4.36 pm6.20 pm
Kumbha6.20 pm7.49 pm
Meena7.49 pm9.16 pm
Mesha9.16 pm10.53 pm
Vrishabha10.53 pm12.49 am
Mithuna12.49 am3.03 am
Kataka3.03 am5.22 am
Simha5.22 am5.35 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.35
Sevvai6.40
Suriya7.45
Sukran8.50
Budhan9.55
Chandra11.00
Sani12.04
Guru1.09
Sevvai2.14
Suriya3.19
Sukran4.24
Budhan5.29

Night

Chandra6.34
Sani7.29
Guru8.24
Sevvai9.19
Suriya10.14
Sukran11.10
Budhan12.05
Chandra1.00
Sani1.55
Guru2.50
Sevvai3.45
Suriya4.40

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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