September 2026
24
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
8
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 7 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 7.49 pm, then Chaturdasi
Avittamtill 7.05 am, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.31–3.03
Yamagandammorning 5.55–7.27
Kuligaimorning 8.57–10.29
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.29–12.00evening 6.05–7.33

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, 10.29 am to 12.24 pm is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 11.22 am Friday.

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 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

10.29 am–12.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.27–8.57 amClear of every caution
10.29 am–12.00 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.36 am–12.24 pm

Avoid

5.55–7.27 am
8.57–10.29 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.31–3.03 pm
2.31–4.11 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 2.04 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise5.55 am
Sunset6.05 pm
Moonrise4.10 pm
Moonset4.53 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 7.49 pm 34–46 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Avittam, till 7.05 am 2–56 nazhigaiSathayam
Dhriti Yogam, till 12.25 pm 16–15 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.40 am 4–22 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 7.49 pm 34–46 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.21–5.07 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.55–7.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.57–10.29 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.36 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.31–3.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.31–4.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–2.05 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.55
Sugam7.27
Soram8.57
Uthi10.29
Amirtham212.01
Visham1.31
Rogam3.02
Labam34.34

Night

Amirtham6.05
Visham7.33
Rogam9.02
Labam10.31
Dhanam12.00
Sugam1.29
Soram2.56
Uthi4.26

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 7.05 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
Kanya5.55 am7.07 am
Tula7.07 am8.44 am
Vrischika8.44 am10.41 am
Dhanu10.41 am12.55 pm
Makara12.55 pm3.13 pm
Kumbha3.13 pm5.28 pm
Meena5.28 pm7.42 pm
Mesha7.42 pm9.59 pm
Vrishabha9.59 pm12.17 am
Mithuna12.17 am2.21 am
Kataka2.21 am4.05 am
Simha4.05 am5.35 am
Kanya5.35 am5.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.55
Sevvai6.56
Suriya7.57
Sukran8.58
Budhan9.58
Chandra10.59
Sani12.00
Guru1.01
Sevvai2.02
Suriya3.03
Sukran4.03
Budhan5.04

Night

Chandra6.05
Sani7.04
Guru8.03
Sevvai9.02
Suriya10.01
Sukran11.00
Budhan11.59
Chandra12.59
Sani1.58
Guru2.57
Sevvai3.56
Suriya4.55

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Saturday 2.04 am

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