September 2026
19
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
3
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 2 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Navamitill 8.22 am (next day), then Dasami
Moolamtill 4.13 pm, then Pooradam
Siddha Yogam

First Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 9.45–11.18
Yamagandamafternoon 2.21–3.55
Kuligaimorning 6.41–8.13
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.18–12.49evening 6.58–8.26

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, 11.18 am to 2.21 pm 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 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

11.18 am–2.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.19–9.45 amClear of every caution
11.18 am–12.49 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.25–1.14 pm
4.14–6.58 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.41–8.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.41–8.19 am
9.45–11.18 am
2.21–3.55 pm
2.25–4.14 pm
2.57–4.46 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 1.46 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

Sunrise6.41 am
Sunset6.58 pm
Moonrise3.26 pm
Moonset12.02 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

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)
Navami, till 8.22 am (next day) 64–11 nazhigaiDasami
Moolam, till 4.13 pm 23–51 nazhigaiPooradam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 5.53 am (next day) 57–58 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 7.11 pm 31–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.08–5.53 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.41–8.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.41–8.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.02–10.49 amA favourable window
9.45–11.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.25–1.14 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.21–3.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.25–4.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.57–4.46 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.41
Uthi18.13
Visham9.45
Amirtham11.18
Rogam12.49
Labam22.22
Dhanam33.55
Sugam5.27

Night

Labam6.58
Dhanam8.27
Sugam9.55
Soram11.22
Uthi12.51
Visham2.17
Amirtham43.46
Soram5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Sthira Vāsara · Mūla (Pūrvāṣāḍhā from 4.13 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
Kanya6.41 am9.05 am
Tula9.05 am11.38 am
Vrischika11.38 am2.03 pm
Dhanu2.03 pm4.04 pm
Makara4.04 pm5.35 pm
Kumbha5.35 pm6.47 pm
Meena6.47 pm7.58 pm
Mesha7.58 pm9.20 pm
Vrishabha9.20 pm11.08 pm
Mithuna11.08 pm1.26 am
Kataka1.26 am3.58 am
Simha3.58 am6.30 am
Kanya6.30 am6.42 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.41
Guru7.42
Sevvai8.44
Suriya9.45
Sukran10.47
Budhan11.48
Chandra12.50
Sani1.51
Guru2.53
Sevvai3.54
Suriya4.56
Sukran5.57

Night

Budhan6.58
Chandra7.57
Sani8.56
Guru9.54
Sevvai10.53
Suriya11.51
Sukran12.50
Budhan1.49
Chandra2.47
Sani3.46
Guru4.44
Sevvai5.43

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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