October 2026
12
Monday
Parabhava
Purattasi
26
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 25 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 10.44 am, then Tritiyai
Swathitill 12.22 pm, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.16–10.39
Yamagandamafternoon 12.00–1.23
Kuligaiafternoon 2.44–4.07
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.43 am (next day): Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.55–9.16night 8.08–8.28

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MDT). 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, 4.39 pm to 6.24 pm is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 9.03 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 Calgary, 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

4.39–6.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.55–9.16 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
9.03–9.16 amShort clear window
10.39 am–12.00 pmClear of every caution
1.01–1.44 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.23–1.44 pmShort clear window
2.28–2.44 pmShort clear window

Avoid

9.16–10.39 am
12.00–1.23 pm
1.44–2.28 pm
2.44–4.07 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.55–4.39 pm
6.24–8.08 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 7.43 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 7.43 am, until Thursday 7.18 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise7.55 am
Sunset6.50 pm
Moonrise10.46 am
Moonset6.58 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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
Thingal (Monday)
Dwitiyai, till 10.44 am 7–02 nazhigaiTritiyai
Swathi, till 12.22 pm 11–08 nazhigaiVisakam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 9.03 am caution 2–49 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.44 am 7–02 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 11.17 pm 38–23 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.11–7.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.16–10.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–1.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.01–1.44 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.44–2.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.44–4.07 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.55–4.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.24–8.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.45–6.27 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham17.55
Visham9.16
Rogam10.38
Labam212.01
Dhanam31.23
Sugam42.45
Soram4.06
Uthi55.28

Night

Sugam66.50
Soram8.28
Uthi10.07
Amirtham11.45
Visham1.23
Rogam3.01
Labam4.40
Dhanam6.19

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Indu Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 12.22 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 signFromTo
Kanya7.55 am8.29 am
Tula8.29 am11.18 am
Vrischika11.18 am1.54 pm
Dhanu1.54 pm3.50 pm
Makara3.50 pm5.05 pm
Kumbha5.05 pm6.00 pm
Meena6.00 pm6.52 pm
Mesha6.52 pm7.57 pm
Vrishabha7.57 pm9.35 pm
Mithuna9.35 pm11.58 pm
Kataka11.58 pm2.46 am
Simha2.46 am5.36 am
Kanya5.36 am7.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.55
Sani8.49
Guru9.44
Sevvai10.39
Suriya11.33
Sukran12.28
Budhan1.22
Chandra2.17
Sani3.11
Guru4.06
Sevvai5.01
Suriya5.55

Night

Sukran6.50
Budhan7.55
Chandra9.01
Sani10.06
Guru11.12
Sevvai12.18
Suriya1.23
Sukran2.29
Budhan3.34
Chandra4.40
Sani5.45
Guru6.51

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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