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Monday
Parabhava
Aippasi
2
Thingal
Valarpirai
Navamitill 3.21 am (next day), then Dasami
Uthiradamtill 6.09 am, then Thiruvonam
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.08–8.39
Yamagandammorning 10.07–11.38
Kuligaiafternoon 1.07–2.37
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.39–7.08evening 5.36–7.06

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, 5.39 am to 7.08 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 3.21 pm Tuesday.

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

5.39–7.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.39–7.08 am, inside the clear stretch
8.39–10.07 amClear of every caution
11.14 am–12.01 pm; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
12.50–1.07 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.08–8.39 am
10.07–11.38 am
10.32 am–12.19 pm
12.01–12.50 pm
1.07–2.37 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.24–3.13 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.31 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna 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
Sunset5.36 pm
Moonrise12.56 pm
Moonset12.51 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 20 October: Vijayadasami.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Navami, till 3.21 am (next day) 54–15 nazhigaiDasami
Uthiradam, till 6.09 am 1–15 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Dhriti Yogam, till 3.05 pm 23–36 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 2.26 pm 21–57 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.21 am (next day) 54–15 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.03–4.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.08–8.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.07–11.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.32 am–12.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.14 am–12.01 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.01–12.50 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.07–2.37 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.24–3.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.07–10.51 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.39
Visham7.08
Rogam8.38
Labam110.08
Dhanam211.38
Sugam31.08
Soram2.36
Uthi44.07

Night

Sugam5.36
Soram7.06
Uthi8.37
Amirtham10.08
Visham11.37
Rogam1.07
Labam2.39
Dhanam4.09

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Indu Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā (Śravaṇa from 6.09 am, 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
Tula5.39 am7.38 am
Vrischika7.38 am9.47 am
Dhanu9.47 am11.55 am
Makara11.55 am1.52 pm
Kumbha1.52 pm3.39 pm
Meena3.39 pm5.24 pm
Mesha5.24 pm7.17 pm
Vrishabha7.17 pm9.22 pm
Mithuna9.22 pm11.32 pm
Kataka11.32 pm1.37 am
Simha1.37 am3.35 am
Kanya3.35 am5.31 am
Tula5.31 am5.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.39
Sani6.39
Guru7.38
Sevvai8.38
Suriya9.38
Sukran10.38
Budhan11.38
Chandra12.37
Sani1.37
Guru2.37
Sevvai3.37
Suriya4.36

Night

Sukran5.36
Budhan6.36
Chandra7.37
Sani8.37
Guru9.37
Sevvai10.37
Suriya11.38
Sukran12.38
Budhan1.38
Chandra2.38
Sani3.38
Guru4.39

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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