October 2026
17
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
31
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 30 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Saptamitill 4.59 am (next day), then Ashtami
Moolamtill 6.17 am, then Pooradam
Siddha Yogam

Fifth Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 8.42–10.18
Yamagandamafternoon 1.29–3.05
Kuligaimorning 5.31–7.07
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.18–11.53evening 6.55–7.40

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Atiganda Yogam runs all day, till 7.33 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

10.18–11.53 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
11.28 am–12.18 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

4.29–6.18 am, from before sunrise
5.31–7.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.31–7.13 am
8.42–10.18 am
1.29–3.05 pm
5.06–6.55 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 4.04 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise5.31 am
Sunset6.16 pm
Moonrise10.14 am
Moonset12.26 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

, 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

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Saptami, till 4.59 am (next day) 58–42 nazhigaiAshtami
Moolam, till 6.17 am 1–56 nazhigaiPooradam
Atiganda Yogam, till 7.33 pm caution 35–06 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 3.42 pm 25–29 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 4.59 am (next day) 58–42 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.01–4.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.29–6.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
5.31–7.07 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.31–7.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.42–10.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.28 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.29–3.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.06–6.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.55–5.42 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.31
Uthi17.07
Visham8.42
Amirtham210.18
Rogam11.53
Labam31.29
Dhanam43.05
Sugam54.41

Night

Labam66.16
Dhanam7.41
Sugam9.05
Soram10.28
Uthi11.53
Visham1.17
Amirtham2.42
Soram4.05

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Sthira Vāsara · Mūla (Pūrvāṣāḍhā from 6.17 am, 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
Kanya5.31 am5.36 am
Tula5.36 am7.14 am
Vrischika7.14 am9.10 am
Dhanu9.10 am11.25 am
Makara11.25 am1.43 pm
Kumbha1.43 pm3.58 pm
Meena3.58 pm6.12 pm
Mesha6.12 pm8.29 pm
Vrishabha8.29 pm10.46 pm
Mithuna10.46 pm12.51 am
Kataka12.51 am2.35 am
Simha2.35 am4.05 am
Kanya4.05 am5.30 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.31
Guru6.35
Sevvai7.38
Suriya8.42
Sukran9.46
Budhan10.50
Chandra11.53
Sani12.57
Guru2.01
Sevvai3.05
Suriya4.08
Sukran5.12

Night

Budhan6.16
Chandra7.12
Sani8.08
Guru9.04
Sevvai10.01
Suriya10.57
Sukran11.53
Budhan12.49
Chandra1.45
Sani2.41
Guru3.38
Sevvai4.34

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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