October 2026

Saturday

Parabhava

Purattasi

Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 23 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Theypirai

Amavasaitill 11.50 am, then Prathamai

Hasthamtill 12.13 pm, then Chithirai

Marana Yogam

Fourth Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 9.41–11.06

Yamagandamafternoon 1.55–3.21

Kuligaimorning 6.51–8.17

ChandrashtamamUntil 12.35 am (next day): Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi

SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd

Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 4.46–6.11night 7.46–8.29

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, 11.06 am to 12.32 pm is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 11.36 am Sunday.

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

11.06 am–12.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

8.22–9.41 amClear of every caution

12.09–12.53 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs

4.46–6.11 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.51–8.17 am, what begins now is said to repeat

6.51–8.22 am

9.41–11.06 am

1.55–3.21 pm

8.29–10.09 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.35 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 12.35 am, until Tuesday 9.43 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.51 am

Sunset6.11 pm

Moonrise6.55 am

Moonset5.47 pm

SunKanya Rasi

MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

Sunday 11 October: Navaratri begins.

Amavasai runs till 11.50 am; the Mahalaya Amavasai day here is on Friday 9 October.

In Tamil Nadu, Mahalaya Amavasai is on this day.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sani (Saturday)
	Amavasai, till 11.50 am 12–27 nazhigai	Prathamai
	Hastham, till 12.13 pm 13–24 nazhigai	Chithirai
	Indra Yogam, till 12.32 pm 14–13 nazhigai	Vaidhriti Yogam
	Naga Karanam, till 11.50 am 12–27 nazhigai Kimstughna Karanam, till 11.52 pm 42–30 nazhigai
	Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Boston

Window	Time	Traditional use
	5.10–6.00 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	6.08–7.44 am 6.26–8.04 am	A favourable window
	6.51–8.17 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	6.51–8.22 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.41–11.06 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.09–12.53 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.55–3.21 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.29–10.09 pm	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.51

Uthi¹8.17

Visham9.41

Amirtham11.06

Rogam12.30

Labam²1.56

Dhanam³3.21

Sugam⁴4.46

Night

Labam6.11

Dhanam⁵7.46

Sugam⁶9.21

Soram10.56

Uthi12.32

Visham2.06

Amirtham3.42

Soram5.17

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Sthira Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 12.13 pm, 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 sign	From	To
Kanya	6.51 am	7.32 am
Tula	7.32 am	10.07 am
Vrischika	10.07 am	12.34 pm
Dhanu	12.34 pm	2.34 pm
Makara	2.34 pm	4.03 pm
Kumbha	4.03 pm	5.13 pm
Meena	5.13 pm	6.21 pm
Mesha	6.21 pm	7.41 pm
Vrishabha	7.41 pm	9.28 pm
Mithuna	9.28 pm	11.47 pm
Kataka	11.47 pm	2.21 am
Simha	2.21 am	4.55 am
Kanya	4.55 am	6.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.51

Guru7.48

Sevvai8.44

Suriya9.41

Sukran10.38

Budhan11.34

Chandra12.31

Sani1.27

Guru2.24

Sevvai3.21

Suriya4.17

Sukran5.14

Night

Budhan6.11

Chandra7.14

Sani8.17

Guru9.21

Sevvai10.24

Suriya11.28

Sukran12.31

Budhan1.35

Chandra2.38

Sani3.42

Guru4.45

Sevvai5.49

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd