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, 1.30 pm to sunset is the best of the day.
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
1.30–6.11 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.41–6.29 amShort clear window
8.49–10.22 amClear of every caution
8.49–10.22 am, inside the clear stretch
Avoid
6.29–8.03 am
7.14–8.49 am
10.22–11.56 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.30 am–12.21 pm
11.55 am–1.30 pm
2.03–3.39 am, early Thursday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
until Thursday 11.49 pm
Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters· Avittam, first to second quarters
For those born in Makara 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
Sunrise5.41 am
Sunset6.11 pm
Moonrise4.12 am (next day)
Moonset3.11 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi
This day and the next
, Dwadasi Sraddham and Magha Sraddham on this day.
Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.
Thursday 8 October: Masa Sivaratri.
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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Dwadasi, till 7.47 pm 35–17 nazhigai
Trayodasi
Magam, till 6.11 pm 31–16 nazhigai
Pooram
Shubha Yogam, till 11.22 pm 44–15 nazhigai
Shukla Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.24 am 6–48 nazhigai Taitila Karanam, till 7.47 pm 35–17 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Johannesburg
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.09–4.54 am
Prayer, meditation, study
6.29–8.03 am
Avoided for new beginnings
7.14–8.49 am
Avoided for new beginnings
10.22–11.56 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
11.30 am–12.21 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
11.55 am–1.30 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
3.51–5.23 pm
A favourable window
2.03–3.39 am
Avoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day
Widely used for beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Labam15.41
Dhanam27.15
Sugam8.49
Soram10.22
Visham11.55
Uthi1.30
Amirtham3.04
Rogam4.37
Night
Uthi6.11
Amirtham7.37
Rogam9.03
Labam10.30
Dhanam11.56
Sugam31.22
Soram2.47
Visham4.13
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam; 2 Tyajyam and Yamagandam; 3 Tyajyam.