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, 10.26 am to 1.30 pm is the best of the day.
Vyatipata Yogam runs till 2.48 pm Friday.
This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. It is Mahalaya Paksham, the fortnight for ancestors. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
No kolam on this sheet: it is a sraddham day.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Johannesburg, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
10.26 am–1.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.20–8.52 amClear of every caution
7.20–8.52 am, inside the clear stretch
11.33 am–12.22 pm
3.03–5.29 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
5.47–7.20 am
8.52–10.26 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.30–3.03 pm
5.29–6.59 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Friday 12.11 pm
Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters· Visakam, first to third quarters
For those born in Tula 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
Sunrise5.47 am
Sunset6.08 pm
Moonrise11.30 pm
Moonset8.46 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi
This day and the next
, Shashti Sraddham 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
Limb
This day
Then
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Panchami, till 9.06 am 8–16 nazhigai
Shashti
Rohini, till 12.57 am (next day) 47–57 nazhigai
Mirugaseeridam
Siddhi Yogam, till 5.48 pm 30–04 nazhigai
Vyatipata Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 9.06 am 8–16 nazhigai Gara Karanam, till 7.55 pm 35–22 nazhigai
Marana Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Johannesburg
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.15–5.00 am
Prayer, meditation, study
5.47–7.20 am
Avoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.26 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
11.33 am–12.22 pm
Widely used for beginnings
1.30–3.03 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
5.29–6.59 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
9.59–11.27 pm
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Dhanam15.47
Sugam7.20
Soram8.52
Uthi10.26
Amirtham11.58
Visham1.30
Rogam3.02
Labam24.36
Night
Amirtham36.08
Visham7.35
Rogam9.02
Labam10.30
Dhanam11.58
Sugam1.25
Soram2.51
Uthi4.20
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Tyajyam and Vyatipata Yogam; 3 Tyajyam.