October 2026
24
Saturday
Parabhava
Aippasi
7
Sani
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 10.07 am, then Chaturdasi
Uthirattathitill 5.02 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.38–10.16
Yamagandamafternoon 1.29–3.07
Kuligaimorning 5.25–7.02
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.43–6.20night 7.43–9.05

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

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 4.32 pm.

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

4.32–6.20 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.27 am–12.18 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
4.43–6.20 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.25–7.02 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.25–7.08 am
8.38–10.16 am
1.29–3.07 pm
4.27–5.59 am, early Sunday

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.53 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise5.25 am
Sunset6.20 pm
Moonrise4.49 pm
Moonset4.27 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 25 October: Pournami.

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)
Trayodasi, till 10.07 am 11–47 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Uthirattathi, till 5.02 pm 29–05 nazhigaiRevathi
Vyaghata Yogam, till 4.32 pm caution 27–48 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 10.07 am 11–47 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 9.22 pm 39–54 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.56–4.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.25–7.02 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.25–7.08 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.38–10.16 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.27 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.21–1.54 pmA favourable window
1.29–3.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.27–5.59 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.25
Uthi17.02
Visham8.38
Amirtham210.16
Rogam11.52
Labam31.30
Dhanam43.07
Sugam4.43

Night

Labam6.20
Dhanam7.43
Sugam9.06
Soram10.28
Uthi11.52
Visham1.14
Amirtham2.38
Soram4.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 5.02 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
Tula5.25 am6.46 am
Vrischika6.46 am8.43 am
Dhanu8.43 am10.57 am
Makara10.57 am1.15 pm
Kumbha1.15 pm3.30 pm
Meena3.30 pm5.44 pm
Mesha5.44 pm8.01 pm
Vrishabha8.01 pm10.19 pm
Mithuna10.19 pm12.23 am
Kataka12.23 am2.07 am
Simha2.07 am3.37 am
Kanya3.37 am5.05 am
Tula5.05 am5.24 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.25
Guru6.29
Sevvai7.34
Suriya8.38
Sukran9.43
Budhan10.48
Chandra11.52
Sani12.57
Guru2.01
Sevvai3.06
Suriya4.11
Sukran5.15

Night

Budhan6.20
Chandra7.15
Sani8.11
Guru9.06
Sevvai10.01
Suriya10.56
Sukran11.52
Budhan12.47
Chandra1.42
Sani2.38
Guru3.33
Sevvai4.28

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 3.53 pm

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