September 2026
14
Monday
Parabhava
Avani
29
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 28 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 4.15 am (next day), then Panchami
Chithiraitill 10.25 am, then Swathi
Rahu Kalammorning 7.35–9.05
Yamagandammorning 10.34–12.04
Kuligaiafternoon 1.32–3.03
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.06–7.35evening 6.04–7.31

Computed for Johannesburg, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 6.06 am to 7.35 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.15 am Tuesday.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Johannesburg, 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

6.06–7.35 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.06–7.35 am, inside the clear stretch
9.05–10.34 amClear of every caution
11.40 am–12.27 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.04–12.27 pmShort clear window
1.16–1.32 pmShort clear window
3.38–3.51 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.35–9.05 am
10.34 am–12.04 pm
12.27–1.16 pm
1.32–3.03 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.50–3.38 pm
4.21–6.04 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 7.20 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

Sunrise6.06 am
Sunset6.01 pm
Moonrise7.51 am
Moonset9.16 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Johannesburg 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)
Chaturthi, till 4.15 am (next day) 55–24 nazhigaiPanchami
Chithirai, till 10.25 am 10–48 nazhigaiSwathi
Brahma Yogam, till 9.17 am 7–56 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 3.51 pm 24–23 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.15 am (next day) caution 55–24 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.30–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.35–9.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.34 am–12.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.27–1.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.32–3.03 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.50–3.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.21–6.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.32–4.13 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.06
Visham7.35
Rogam9.04
Labam110.35
Dhanam212.04
Sugam31.33
Soram3.02
Uthi44.32

Night

Sugam56.01
Soram7.31
Uthi9.02
Amirtham10.33
Visham12.03
Rogam1.33
Labam3.05
Dhanam4.35

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Durmuhurtham; 3 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 4 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Indu Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 10.25 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
Simha6.06 am6.18 am
Kanya6.18 am7.46 am
Tula7.46 am9.23 am
Vrischika9.23 am11.20 am
Dhanu11.20 am1.34 pm
Makara1.34 pm3.53 pm
Kumbha3.53 pm6.08 pm
Meena6.08 pm8.21 pm
Mesha8.21 pm10.39 pm
Vrishabha10.39 pm12.56 am
Mithuna12.56 am3.00 am
Kataka3.00 am4.45 am
Simha4.45 am6.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.06
Sani7.06
Guru8.05
Sevvai9.05
Suriya10.05
Sukran11.04
Budhan12.04
Chandra1.03
Sani2.03
Guru3.02
Sevvai4.02
Suriya5.01

Night

Sukran6.01
Budhan7.01
Chandra8.02
Sani9.02
Guru10.02
Sevvai11.03
Suriya12.03
Sukran1.03
Budhan2.04
Chandra3.04
Sani4.04
Guru5.05

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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