September 2026
12
Saturday
Parabhava
Avani
27
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 26 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 9.39 pm, then Tritiyai
Hasthamtill 3.37 am (next day), then Chithirai
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.42–11.18
Yamagandamafternoon 2.26–4.02
Kuligaimorning 6.34–8.09
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.36–7.10night 8.36–10.01

Computed for Jersey City, 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, 4.02 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Jersey City, 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

4.02–7.10 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.15–9.42 amClear of every caution
11.18–11.53 amShort clear window
12.27–1.17 pm; Tyajyam also runs
1.31–2.26 pmShort clear window
5.36–7.10 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.34–8.09 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.34–8.15 am
9.42–11.18 am
11.53 am–1.31 pm
2.26–4.02 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.57 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise6.34 am
Sunset7.10 pm
Moonrise8.15 am
Moonset7.36 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Jersey City 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)
Dwitiyai, till 9.39 pm 37–41 nazhigaiTritiyai
Hastham, till 3.37 am (next day) 52–37 nazhigaiChithirai
Shukla Yogam, till 4.13 am (next day) 54–07 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 9.54 am 8–19 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.39 pm 37–41 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.48 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.34–8.09 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.34–8.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.42–11.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.53 am–1.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–1.17 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.26–4.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.35–11.11 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.34
Uthi18.09
Visham9.42
Amirtham211.18
Rogam12.52
Labam32.27
Dhanam4.02
Sugam5.36

Night

Labam7.10
Dhanam8.36
Sugam10.02
Soram11.26
Uthi12.53
Visham2.18
Amirtham3.44
Soram5.09

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Hasta

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
Simha6.34 am7.01 am
Kanya7.01 am9.32 am
Tula9.32 am12.05 pm
Vrischika12.05 pm2.31 pm
Dhanu2.31 pm4.32 pm
Makara4.32 pm6.02 pm
Kumbha6.02 pm7.15 pm
Meena7.15 pm8.25 pm
Mesha8.25 pm9.47 pm
Vrishabha9.47 pm11.35 pm
Mithuna11.35 pm1.53 am
Kataka1.53 am4.25 am
Simha4.25 am6.35 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.34
Guru7.37
Sevvai8.40
Suriya9.43
Sukran10.46
Budhan11.49
Chandra12.52
Sani1.55
Guru2.58
Sevvai4.01
Suriya5.04
Sukran6.07

Night

Budhan7.10
Chandra8.07
Sani9.04
Guru10.01
Sevvai10.58
Suriya11.55
Sukran12.53
Budhan1.50
Chandra2.47
Sani3.44
Guru4.41
Sevvai5.38

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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