October 2026
10
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
24, Amavasai
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

Mahalaya Amavasai · Fourth Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 8.39–10.10
Yamagandamafternoon 1.09–2.40
Kuligaimorning 5.39–7.10
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 4.10–5.40night 7.10–8.29

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 10.10 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.


No kolam on this sheet: it is Mahalaya Amavasai.
Shastra

Your day

Computed for Georgetown, 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

10.10 am–12.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.16–8.39 amClear of every caution
11.16 am–12.03 pm
4.10–5.40 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.39–7.10 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.39–7.16 am
8.39–10.10 am
1.09–2.40 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

Sunrise5.39 am
Sunset5.40 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Sunday
Moonset5.35 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

, the new moon that closes Mahalaya Paksham; tarpanam for ancestors.

, Perumal worship.

Sunday 11 October: Navaratri begins.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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
Sani (Saturday)
Amavasai, till 11.50 am 15–27 nazhigaiPrathamai
Hastham, till 12.13 pm 16–24 nazhigaiChithirai
Indra Yogam, till 12.32 pm 17–13 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 11.50 am 15–27 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 11.52 pm 45–32 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.04–4.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.39–7.10 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.39–7.16 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.08–7.44 amA favourable window
8.39–10.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.16 am–12.03 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.09–2.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.29–10.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.39
Uthi17.10
Visham8.39
Amirtham10.10
Rogam11.39
Labam21.10
Dhanam32.40
Sugam44.10

Night

Labam5.40
Dhanam57.10
Sugam68.40
Soram10.09
Uthi11.40
Visham1.09
Amirtham2.40
Soram4.09

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 signFromTo
Kanya5.39 am6.11 am
Tula6.11 am8.13 am
Vrischika8.13 am10.22 am
Dhanu10.22 am12.31 pm
Makara12.31 pm2.28 pm
Kumbha2.28 pm4.15 pm
Meena4.15 pm6.00 pm
Mesha6.00 pm7.52 pm
Vrishabha7.52 pm9.57 pm
Mithuna9.57 pm12.07 am
Kataka12.07 am2.13 am
Simha2.13 am4.11 am
Kanya4.11 am5.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.39
Guru6.39
Sevvai7.39
Suriya8.39
Sukran9.39
Budhan10.39
Chandra11.40
Sani12.40
Guru1.40
Sevvai2.40
Suriya3.40
Sukran4.40

Night

Budhan5.40
Chandra6.40
Sani7.40
Guru8.40
Sevvai9.40
Suriya10.40
Sukran11.39
Budhan12.39
Chandra1.39
Sani2.39
Guru3.39
Sevvai4.39

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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