September 2026
19
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
3
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 2 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 10.57 am, then Navami
Moolamtill 9.13 pm, then Pooradam
Siddha Yogam

First Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 9.54–11.28
Yamagandamafternoon 2.34–4.08
Kuligaimorning 6.48–8.22
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.41–7.14night 9.14–10.07

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (BST). 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, 11.28 am to 2.34 pm 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 Birmingham, 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

11.28 am–2.34 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.28–9.54 amClear of every caution
12.36–1.25 pm
4.08–7.14 pmClear of every caution
5.41–7.14 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.48–8.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.48–8.28 am
9.54–11.28 am
2.34–4.08 pm
7.25–9.14 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.46 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

Sunrise6.48 am
Sunset7.14 pm
Moonrise4.38 pm
Moonset10.52 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Birmingham 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 10.57 am 10–23 nazhigaiNavami
Moolam, till 9.13 pm 36–00 nazhigaiPooradam
Ayushman Yogam, till 9.59 am 7–57 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 10.57 am 10–23 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 12.11 am (next day) 43–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–6.01 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.48–8.22 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.48–8.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.54–11.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.36–1.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.02–3.49 pmA favourable window
2.34–4.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.25–9.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.48
Uthi18.22
Visham9.54
Amirtham11.28
Rogam1.00
Labam22.35
Dhanam4.08
Sugam5.41

Night

Labam37.14
Dhanam48.41
Sugam10.08
Soram11.34
Uthi1.02
Visham2.28
Amirtham3.56
Soram5.22

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Yamagandam; 3 Tyajyam; 4 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
Kanya6.48 am9.34 am
Tula9.34 am12.27 pm
Vrischika12.27 pm3.05 pm
Dhanu3.05 pm5.00 pm
Makara5.00 pm6.12 pm
Kumbha6.12 pm7.04 pm
Meena7.04 pm7.53 pm
Mesha7.53 pm8.55 pm
Vrishabha8.55 pm10.31 pm
Mithuna10.31 pm12.55 am
Kataka12.55 am3.45 am
Simha3.45 am6.38 am
Kanya6.38 am6.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.48
Guru7.50
Sevvai8.52
Suriya9.54
Sukran10.57
Budhan11.59
Chandra1.01
Sani2.03
Guru3.05
Sevvai4.07
Suriya5.09
Sukran6.11

Night

Budhan7.14
Chandra8.12
Sani9.10
Guru10.08
Sevvai11.06
Suriya12.04
Sukran1.02
Budhan2.00
Chandra2.58
Sani3.56
Guru4.54
Sevvai5.52

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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