October 2026
12
Monday
Parabhava
Purattasi
26
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 25 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 6.44 pm, then Tritiyai
Swathitill 8.22 pm, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.10–8.46
Yamagandammorning 10.19–11.55
Kuligaiafternoon 1.29–3.04
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.36–7.10evening 6.13–7.38

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, 5.03 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 5.03 pm.

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

5.03–6.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.36–7.10 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
11.30 am–12.19 pm; Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

7.10–8.46 am
10.19–11.55 am
12.19–1.11 pm
1.29–3.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.51–3.42 pm
2.24–4.08 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 3.43 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise5.36 am
Sunset6.13 pm
Moonrise6.23 am
Moonset8.01 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance 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

LimbThis dayThen
Thingal (Monday)
Dwitiyai, till 6.44 pm 32–51 nazhigaiTritiyai
Swathi, till 8.22 pm 36–58 nazhigaiVisakam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 5.03 pm caution 28–38 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 6.19 am 1–47 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 6.44 pm 32–51 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.05–4.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.10–8.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.19–11.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.06 am–12.46 pmA favourable window
11.30 am–12.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.19–1.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.29–3.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.51–3.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.24–4.08 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.36
Visham7.10
Rogam8.45
Labam210.20
Dhanam311.55
Sugam41.30
Soram3.03
Uthi54.39

Night

Sugam6.13
Soram7.38
Uthi9.04
Amirtham10.29
Visham11.54
Rogam1.19
Labam62.45
Dhanam4.10

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vishkambha Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam; 3 Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 4 Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 5 Vishkambha Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Indu Vāsara · Svātī

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
Kanya5.36 am5.56 am
Tula5.56 am7.33 am
Vrischika7.33 am9.30 am
Dhanu9.30 am11.44 am
Makara11.44 am2.03 pm
Kumbha2.03 pm4.17 pm
Meena4.17 pm6.31 pm
Mesha6.31 pm8.48 pm
Vrishabha8.48 pm11.06 pm
Mithuna11.06 pm1.10 am
Kataka1.10 am2.55 am
Simha2.55 am4.24 am
Kanya4.24 am5.35 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.36
Sani6.39
Guru7.42
Sevvai8.45
Suriya9.48
Sukran10.51
Budhan11.55
Chandra12.58
Sani2.01
Guru3.04
Sevvai4.07
Suriya5.10

Night

Sukran6.13
Budhan7.10
Chandra8.07
Sani9.04
Guru10.00
Sevvai10.57
Suriya11.54
Sukran12.51
Budhan1.48
Chandra2.44
Sani3.41
Guru4.38

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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