October 2026
15
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
29
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 28 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Panchamitill 5.56 pm, then Shashti
Kettaitill 9.18 pm, then Moolam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.15–3.40
Yamagandammorning 7.16–8.41
Kuligaimorning 10.04–11.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.18 pm: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.04–6.28night 11.17–12.52 (after midnight)

Computed for Baltimore, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 3.40 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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 Baltimore, 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

3.40–6.28 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.41–10.04 amClear of every caution
11.28 am–2.15 pmClear of every caution
12.30–1.14 pm
5.04–6.28 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.16–8.41 am
10.04–11.28 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.15–3.40 pm
6.17–8.06 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 9.18 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 9.18 pm, until Sunday 10.04 am

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

Sunrise7.16 am
Sunset6.28 pm
Moonrise12.32 pm
Moonset9.13 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Baltimore 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)
Panchami, till 5.56 pm 26–38 nazhigaiShashti
Kettai, till 9.18 pm 35–03 nazhigaiMoolam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 11.45 am 11–12 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 5.56 pm 26–38 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.09 am (next day) 59–39 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Baltimore

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.34–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.16–8.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.04–11.28 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.30 am–1.16 pmA favourable window
12.30–1.14 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.15–3.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.17–8.06 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.16
Sugam8.41
Soram10.04
Uthi11.28
Amirtham12.52
Visham2.15
Rogam3.39
Labam5.04

Night

Amirtham6.28
Visham8.03
Rogam9.40
Labam11.17
Dhanam12.53
Sugam2.29
Soram4.04
Uthi25.41

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Guru Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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
Kanya7.16 am7.31 am
Tula7.31 am10.02 am
Vrischika10.02 am12.27 pm
Dhanu12.27 pm2.28 pm
Makara2.28 pm4.00 pm
Kumbha4.00 pm5.15 pm
Meena5.15 pm6.27 pm
Mesha6.27 pm7.51 pm
Vrishabha7.51 pm9.40 pm
Mithuna9.40 pm11.58 pm
Kataka11.58 pm2.28 am
Simha2.28 am4.58 am
Kanya4.58 am7.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.16
Sevvai8.12
Suriya9.08
Sukran10.04
Budhan11.00
Chandra11.56
Sani12.52
Guru1.48
Sevvai2.44
Suriya3.40
Sukran4.36
Budhan5.32

Night

Chandra6.28
Sani7.32
Guru8.36
Sevvai9.40
Suriya10.44
Sukran11.48
Budhan12.52
Chandra1.57
Sani3.01
Guru4.05
Sevvai5.09
Suriya6.13

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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