September 2026
23
Wednesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
7
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 6 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 1.21 pm, then Trayodasi
Avittamtill 1.05 am (next day), then Sathayam
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.49–2.21
Yamagandammorning 8.16–9.48
Kuligaimorning 11.18–12.50
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.28 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.46–8.16evening 6.53–8.22

Computed for Edison, 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, 2.21 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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 Edison, 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

2.21–6.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.46–8.16 amClear of every caution
6.46–8.16 am, inside the clear stretch
9.48–11.18 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.16–9.48 am
11.18 am–12.50 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.25–1.14 pm
12.49–2.21 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 12.28 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 12.28 pm, until Friday 8.04 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.46 am
Sunset6.53 pm
Moonrise5.33 pm
Moonset4.22 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Edison 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Dwadasi, till 1.21 pm 16–27 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Avittam, till 1.05 am (next day) 45–47 nazhigaiSathayam
Sukarma Yogam, till 6.57 am 0–27 nazhigai
Dhriti Yogam, till 6.25 am (next day) 59–04 nazhigai		Shoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 1.21 pm 16–27 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.40 am (next day) 47–13 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.12–5.58 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.16–9.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.18 am–12.50 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.25–1.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.49–2.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.05–3.45 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.46
Dhanam18.17
Sugam9.48
Soram11.18
Visham12.49
Uthi2.21
Amirtham3.52
Rogam5.22

Night

Uthi6.53
Amirtham8.23
Rogam9.51
Labam11.21
Dhanam12.51
Sugam2.20
Soram3.48
Visham5.17

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Kanya6.46 am8.50 am
Tula8.50 am11.23 am
Vrischika11.23 am1.49 pm
Dhanu1.49 pm3.49 pm
Makara3.49 pm5.20 pm
Kumbha5.20 pm6.33 pm
Meena6.33 pm7.44 pm
Mesha7.44 pm9.06 pm
Vrishabha9.06 pm10.54 pm
Mithuna10.54 pm1.12 am
Kataka1.12 am3.44 am
Simha3.44 am6.16 am
Kanya6.16 am6.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.46
Chandra7.47
Sani8.47
Guru9.48
Sevvai10.48
Suriya11.49
Sukran12.50
Budhan1.50
Chandra2.51
Sani3.51
Guru4.52
Sevvai5.53

Night

Suriya6.53
Sukran7.53
Budhan8.52
Chandra9.52
Sani10.51
Guru11.51
Sevvai12.50
Suriya1.50
Sukran2.49
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.48
Sani5.48

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 12.27 pm, until Wednesday 8.04 pm

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