September 2026
22
Tuesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
6
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 5 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 12.14 pm, then Dwadasi
Thiruvonamtill 11.39 pm, then Avittam
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.39–5.11
Yamagandammorning 9.33–11.06
Kuligaiafternoon 12.36–2.08
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.08–3.39night 8.11–9.39

Computed for Boston, 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, 2.08 pm to 3.39 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.14 pm; Atiganda Yogam runs till 7.00 am.

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 Boston, 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

2.08–3.39 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.13–1.00 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
12.14–12.36 pmShort clear window
2.08–3.39 pm, inside the clear stretch
5.11–6.42 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.57–9.47 am
9.33–11.06 am
12.36–2.08 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.39–5.11 pm
11.25 pm–12.14 am, in the evening
3.53–5.36 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.28 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.31 am
Sunset6.42 pm
Moonrise4.59 pm
Moonset2.58 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Wednesday 23 September: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Boston 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)
Ekadasi, till 12.14 pm 14–15 nazhigaiDwadasi
Thiruvonam, till 11.39 pm 42–48 nazhigaiAvittam
Atiganda Yogam, till 7.00 am caution 1–10 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.14 pm caution 14–15 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 12.52 am (next day) 45–50 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Boston

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.58–5.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.57–9.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.33–11.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.13–1.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.23–2.06 pmA favourable window
12.36–2.08 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.39–5.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.25 pm–12.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
3.53–5.36 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.31
Labam18.03
Dhanam29.34
Sugam311.06
Soram12.36
Uthi2.08
Visham3.39
Amirtham5.11

Night

Soram6.42
Uthi8.11
Visham9.39
Amirtham411.09
Rogam12.37
Labam2.06
Dhanam53.35
Sugam65.04

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Durmuhurtham; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śravaṇa

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
Kanya6.31 am8.43 am
Tula8.43 am11.18 am
Vrischika11.18 am1.45 pm
Dhanu1.45 pm3.45 pm
Makara3.45 pm5.14 pm
Kumbha5.14 pm6.24 pm
Meena6.24 pm7.32 pm
Mesha7.32 pm8.52 pm
Vrishabha8.52 pm10.39 pm
Mithuna10.39 pm12.57 am
Kataka12.57 am3.31 am
Simha3.31 am6.06 am
Kanya6.06 am6.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.31
Suriya7.32
Sukran8.33
Budhan9.34
Chandra10.35
Sani11.36
Guru12.37
Sevvai1.37
Suriya2.38
Sukran3.39
Budhan4.40
Chandra5.41

Night

Sani6.42
Guru7.41
Sevvai8.40
Suriya9.39
Sukran10.39
Budhan11.38
Chandra12.37
Sani1.36
Guru2.36
Sevvai3.35
Suriya4.34
Sukran5.33

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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