October 2026
1
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
15
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 14 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Shashtitill 12.46 am (next day), then Saptami
Rohinitill 6.57 pm, then Mirugaseeridam
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.41–4.10
Yamagandammorning 7.18–8.47
Kuligaimorning 10.15–11.45
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.11 am (next day): Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.47–10.15evening 7.07–8.38

Computed for Charlotte, 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, 8.47 am to 10.15 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 8.48 am Friday.

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 Charlotte, 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

8.47–10.15 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.47–10.15 am, inside the clear stretch
12.50–1.36 pm; Tyajyam and Vyatipata Yogam also run

Avoid

7.18–8.47 am
10.15–11.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.29 am–12.59 pm
2.41–4.10 pm
12.11–1.42 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 6.11 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 6.11 am, until Sunday 9.03 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise7.18 am
Sunset7.07 pm
Moonrise10.32 pm
Moonset12.49 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

, Shashti Sraddham on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Charlotte 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Shashti, till 12.46 am (next day) 43–38 nazhigaiSaptami
Rohini, till 6.57 pm 29–08 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Siddhi Yogam, till 11.48 am 11–16 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 1.55 pm 16–33 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 12.46 am (next day) 43–38 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Charlotte

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.41–6.29 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.18–8.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.15–11.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.29 am–12.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.50–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.41–4.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.59–5.27 pmA favourable window
12.11–1.42 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.18
Sugam8.47
Soram10.15
Uthi211.45
Amirtham31.13
Visham2.41
Rogam4.10
Labam45.39

Night

Amirtham7.07
Visham8.38
Rogam10.10
Labam511.42
Dhanam61.14
Sugam2.45
Soram4.15
Uthi5.48

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Guru Vāsara · Rohiṇī (Mṛgaśīrṣa from 6.57 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
Kanya7.18 am8.39 am
Tula8.39 am11.05 am
Vrischika11.05 am1.27 pm
Dhanu1.27 pm3.30 pm
Makara3.30 pm5.06 pm
Kumbha5.06 pm6.26 pm
Meena6.26 pm7.43 pm
Mesha7.43 pm9.12 pm
Vrishabha9.12 pm11.04 pm
Mithuna11.04 pm1.20 am
Kataka1.20 am3.46 am
Simha3.46 am6.11 am
Kanya6.11 am7.19 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.18
Sevvai8.17
Suriya9.16
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.14
Chandra12.14
Sani1.13
Guru2.12
Sevvai3.11
Suriya4.10
Sukran5.09
Budhan6.08

Night

Chandra7.07
Sani8.08
Guru9.09
Sevvai10.10
Suriya11.11
Sukran12.12
Budhan1.13
Chandra2.14
Sani3.15
Guru4.16
Sevvai5.17
Suriya6.18

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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