October 2026
8
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
22
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 21 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 6.46 pm, then Chaturdasi
Pooramtill 5.50 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.29–3.04
Yamagandammorning 5.40–7.14
Kuligaimorning 8.47–10.22
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.49 pm: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.14–8.47evening 6.11–7.37

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, 10.22 am to 1.29 pm 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

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

10.22 am–1.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.14–8.47 amClear of every caution
7.14–8.47 am, inside the clear stretch
11.31 am–12.20 pm
3.04–6.11 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.40–7.14 am
8.47–10.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.29–3.04 pm
1.02–2.39 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 11.49 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 11.49 pm, until Sunday 6.35 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.40 am
Sunset6.11 pm
Moonrise4.44 am (next day)
Moonset4.10 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

, Trayodasi Sraddham on this day.

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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 6.46 pm 32–48 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Pooram, till 5.50 pm 30–28 nazhigaiUthiram
Shukla Yogam, till 9.28 pm 39–33 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 7.14 am 3–56 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 6.46 pm 32–48 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.09–4.53 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.40–7.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.47–10.22 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.31 am–12.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.32 am–1.06 pmA favourable window
1.29–3.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–2.39 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.40
Sugam7.14
Soram8.47
Uthi10.22
Amirtham11.56
Visham1.29
Rogam3.03
Labam4.38

Night

Amirtham6.11
Visham7.37
Rogam9.03
Labam10.30
Dhanam211.56
Sugam31.21
Soram2.46
Uthi4.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī (Uttaraphalgunī from 5.50 pm, 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
Kanya5.40 am6.12 am
Tula6.12 am7.49 am
Vrischika7.49 am9.46 am
Dhanu9.46 am12.00 pm
Makara12.00 pm2.18 pm
Kumbha2.18 pm4.33 pm
Meena4.33 pm6.47 pm
Mesha6.47 pm9.04 pm
Vrishabha9.04 pm11.22 pm
Mithuna11.22 pm1.26 am
Kataka1.26 am3.10 am
Simha3.10 am4.40 am
Kanya4.40 am5.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.40
Sevvai6.43
Suriya7.45
Sukran8.48
Budhan9.50
Chandra10.53
Sani11.56
Guru12.58
Sevvai2.01
Suriya3.03
Sukran4.06
Budhan5.09

Night

Chandra6.11
Sani7.09
Guru8.06
Sevvai9.03
Suriya10.00
Sukran10.58
Budhan11.55
Chandra12.52
Sani1.50
Guru2.47
Sevvai3.44
Suriya4.42

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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