October 2026

Thursday

Parabhava

Purattasi

Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 28 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai

Panchamitill 5.56 pm, then Shashti

Kettaitill 9.18 pm, then Moolam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.08–2.38

Yamagandammorning 5.39–7.09

Kuligaimorning 8.38–10.09

ChandrashtamamUntil 9.18 pm: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

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Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 4.08–5.38night 10.09–11.38

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, 2.38 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 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

2.38–5.38 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

7.09–8.38 amClear of every caution

10.09 am–1.08 pmClear of every caution

11.15 am–12.02 pm

4.08–5.38 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.39–7.09 am

8.38–10.09 am, what begins now is said to repeat

1.08–2.38 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.18 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 9.18 pm, until Sunday 10.04 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunset5.38 pm

Moonrise9.43 am

Moonset9.30 pm

SunKanya Rasi

MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Viyazhan (Thursday)
	Panchami, till 5.56 pm 30–42 nazhigai	Shashti
	Kettai, till 9.18 pm 39–07 nazhigai	Moolam
	Saubhagya Yogam, till 11.45 am 15–15 nazhigai	Shobhana Yogam
	Balava Karanam, till 5.56 pm 30–42 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.03–4.50 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	5.39–7.09 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.38–10.09 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.15 am–12.02 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	11.30 am–1.16 pm	A favourable window
	1.08–2.38 pm	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam¹5.39

Sugam7.09

Soram8.38

Uthi10.09

Amirtham11.39

Visham1.08

Rogam2.37

Labam4.08

Night

Amirtham5.38

Visham7.07

Rogam8.37

Labam10.09

Dhanam11.39

Sugam1.09

Soram2.38

Uthi4.09

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 · Pañcamī · Guru Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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	5.39 am	5.51 am
Tula	5.51 am	7.53 am
Vrischika	7.53 am	10.03 am
Dhanu	10.03 am	12.11 pm
Makara	12.11 pm	2.08 pm
Kumbha	2.08 pm	3.55 pm
Meena	3.55 pm	5.40 pm
Mesha	5.40 pm	7.33 pm
Vrishabha	7.33 pm	9.37 pm
Mithuna	9.37 pm	11.48 pm
Kataka	11.48 pm	1.53 am
Simha	1.53 am	3.51 am
Kanya	3.51 am	5.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.39

Sevvai6.39

Suriya7.39

Sukran8.39

Budhan9.39

Chandra10.38

Sani11.38

Guru12.38

Sevvai1.38

Suriya2.38

Sukran3.38

Budhan4.38

Night

Chandra5.38

Sani6.38

Guru7.38

Sevvai8.38

Suriya9.38

Sukran10.38

Budhan11.38

Chandra12.38

Sani1.39

Guru2.39

Sevvai3.39

Suriya4.39

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

Also

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