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, 5.34 am to 7.08 am is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.44 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
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
5.34–7.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.34–7.08 am, inside the clear stretch
Avoid
7.08–8.44 am
10.18–11.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.28 am–12.20 pm
11.54 am–1.30 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Friday 3.18 am
Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter
For those born in Mesha 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
Sunrise5.34 am
Sunset6.14 pm
Moonrise7.44 am
Moonset9.56 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrischika 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
Limb
This day
Then
Budhan (Wednesday)
Chaturthi, till 9.44 pm 40–27 nazhigai
Panchami
Anusham, till 12.33 am (next day) 47–31 nazhigai
Kettai
Ayushman Yogam, till 5.09 pm 29–00 nazhigai
Saubhagya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.47 am 8–04 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 9.44 pm caution40–27 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Johannesburg
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.04–4.48 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.08–8.44 am
Avoided for new beginnings
10.18–11.55 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
11.28 am–12.20 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
11.54 am–1.30 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
1.09–2.53 pm
A favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day
Widely used for beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Labam5.34
Dhanam17.09
Sugam28.44
Soram10.18
Visham11.54
Uthi31.30
Amirtham43.05
Rogam4.39
Night
Uthi6.14
Amirtham7.40
Rogam9.03
Labam10.29
Dhanam11.54
Sugam1.19
Soram2.43
Visham4.08
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam.