October 2026
4
Sunday
Parabhava
Purattasi
18
Nyayiru

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


Theypirai
Navamitill 11.24 pm, then Dasami
Punarpoosamtill 7.44 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.12–6.39
Yamagandamafternoon 12.55–2.22
Kuligaiafternoon 3.46–5.13
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.03 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.31–12.55evening 6.39–8.12

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, 9.53 am to 12.55 pm is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 8.03 am.

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 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

9.53 am–12.55 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.03–8.21 amShort clear window
11.31 am–12.55 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.33–1.18 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.22–3.46 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.21–9.53 am
12.55–2.22 pm
3.46–5.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.06–5.53 pm
5.12–6.39 pm
3.22–4.55 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.03 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 2.03 pm, until Tuesday 5.48 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.13 am
Sunset6.38 pm
Moonrise12.22 am (next day)
Moonset4.19 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

, Navami Sraddham on this day.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Navami, till 11.24 pm 40–24 nazhigaiDasami
Punarpoosam, till 7.44 pm 31–14 nazhigaiPoosam
Parigha Yogam, till 8.03 am caution 2–02 nazhigai
Shiva Yogam, till 5.22 am (next day) 55–17 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 12.22 pm 12–50 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 11.24 pm 40–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.34–6.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.21–9.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.33–1.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.55–2.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.46–5.13 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.06–5.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.12–6.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.28–6.58 pmA favourable window
3.22–4.55 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi17.13
Amirtham28.39
Rogam10.04
Labam11.31
Dhanam312.56
Sugam2.22
Soram3.46
Visham5.12

Night

Dhanam46.38
Sugam8.13
Soram9.47
Visham11.22
Uthi12.57
Amirtham52.32
Rogam4.05
Labam5.41

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Parigha Yogam; 2 Tyajyam; 3 Yamagandam; 4 Rahu Kalam; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Kanya7.13 am8.35 am
Tula8.35 am11.28 am
Vrischika11.28 am2.06 pm
Dhanu2.06 pm4.01 pm
Makara4.01 pm5.13 pm
Kumbha5.13 pm6.05 pm
Meena6.05 pm6.54 pm
Mesha6.54 pm7.56 pm
Vrishabha7.56 pm9.32 pm
Mithuna9.32 pm11.56 pm
Kataka11.56 pm2.46 am
Simha2.46 am5.39 am
Kanya5.39 am7.15 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.13
Sukran8.10
Budhan9.08
Chandra10.05
Sani11.02
Guru11.59
Sevvai12.56
Suriya1.53
Sukran2.50
Budhan3.47
Chandra4.44
Sani5.41

Night

Guru6.38
Sevvai7.41
Suriya8.44
Sukran9.47
Budhan10.50
Chandra11.54
Sani12.57
Guru2.00
Sevvai3.03
Suriya4.06
Sukran5.09
Budhan6.12

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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