October 2026
27
Tuesday
Parabhava
Aippasi
10
Sevvai
Theypirai
Dwitiyaitill 12.37 am (next day), then Tritiyai
Bharanitill 12.09 pm, then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.06–4.45
Yamagandammorning 8.36–10.15
Kuligaimorning 11.51–1.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.37 pm: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.45–6.22night 7.45–9.06

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, 5.22 am to 7.23 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 3.49 am Wednesday.

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

5.22–7.23 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.26 am–12.17 pm; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run
4.45–6.22 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.58–8.50 am
8.36–10.15 am
11.51 am–1.30 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.06–4.45 pm
10.45–11.30 pm, in the evening
11.02 pm–12.30 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 5.37 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 5.37 pm, until Thursday 6.37 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.22 am
Sunset6.22 pm
Moonrise8.08 pm
Moonset5.48 am
SunTula Rasi
MoonMesha 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Dwitiyai, till 12.37 am (next day) 48–10 nazhigaiTritiyai
Bharani, till 12.09 pm 16–59 nazhigaiKarthigai
Siddhi Yogam, till 7.23 am 5–03 nazhigai
Vyatipata Yogam, till 3.49 am (next day) caution 56–08 nazhigai		Variyan Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.06 pm 21–51 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.37 am (next day) 48–10 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.54–4.38 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.46–9.13 amA favourable window
7.58–8.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.36–10.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 am–12.17 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.51 am–1.30 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.06–4.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.45–11.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.02 pm–12.30 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.22
Labam17.00
Dhanam28.37
Sugam310.15
Soram11.51
Uthi41.30
Visham3.06
Amirtham54.45

Night

Soram6.22
Uthi7.45
Visham9.06
Amirtham610.30
Rogam11.51
Labam1.14
Dhanam2.37
Sugam3.59

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Bharaṇī (Kṛttikā from 12.09 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
Tula5.22 am6.34 am
Vrischika6.34 am8.31 am
Dhanu8.31 am10.45 am
Makara10.45 am1.04 pm
Kumbha1.04 pm3.18 pm
Meena3.18 pm5.32 pm
Mesha5.32 pm7.49 pm
Vrishabha7.49 pm10.07 pm
Mithuna10.07 pm12.11 am
Kataka12.11 am1.56 am
Simha1.56 am3.25 am
Kanya3.25 am4.53 am
Tula4.53 am5.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.22
Suriya6.27
Sukran7.32
Budhan8.37
Chandra9.42
Sani10.47
Guru11.52
Sevvai12.57
Suriya2.02
Sukran3.07
Budhan4.12
Chandra5.17

Night

Sani6.22
Guru7.17
Sevvai8.12
Suriya9.07
Sukran10.02
Budhan10.57
Chandra11.51
Sani12.46
Guru1.41
Sevvai2.36
Suriya3.31
Sukran4.26

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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