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, 10.25 am to 11.51 am is the best of the day.
Parigha Yogam runs till 9.03 am Sunday.
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
10.25–11.51 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.33 am–12.21 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs
4.36–6.09 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs
Avoid
5.45–7.19 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.45–7.25 am
7.19–8.50 am
8.51–10.25 am
1.30–3.03 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Sunday 3.03 pm
Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter
For those born in Vrischika 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
Sunrise5.45 am
Sunset6.09 pm
Moonrise1.30 am (next day)
Moonset10.50 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi
This day and the next
, Ashtami Sraddham on this day.
, Perumal worship.
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
Sani (Saturday)
Ashtami, till 2.22 am (next day) 51–35 nazhigai
Navami
Thiruvathirai, till 10.00 pm 40–39 nazhigai
Punarpoosam
Variyan Yogam, till 11.52 am 15–17 nazhigai
Parigha Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 3.25 pm 24–11 nazhigai Kaulava Karanam, till 2.22 am (next day) 51–35 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Johannesburg
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.13–4.58 am
Prayer, meditation, study
5.45–7.19 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
5.45–7.25 am
Avoided for new beginnings
7.19–8.50 am
Avoided for new beginnings
8.51–10.25 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.21 pm
Widely used for beginnings
12.36–2.05 pm
A favourable window
1.30–3.03 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Soram5.45
Uthi17.19
Visham8.51
Amirtham210.25
Rogam11.57
Labam31.30
Dhanam43.03
Sugam54.36
Night
Labam6.09
Dhanam7.36
Sugam9.03
Soram10.29
Uthi11.57
Visham1.23
Amirtham2.51
Soram4.17
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Tyajyam; 2 Parigha Yogam; 3 Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam; 4 Parigha Yogam; 5 Parigha Yogam.