October 2026
7
Wednesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
21
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 20 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Dwadasitill 8.47 pm, then Trayodasi
Magamtill 7.11 pm, then Pooram
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.35–1.04
Yamagandammorning 7.12–8.41
Kuligaimorning 10.07–11.36
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.44–7.12evening 5.27–6.59

Computed for Kuwait City, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 1.04 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. It is Mahalaya Paksham, the fortnight for ancestors. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


No kolam on this sheet: it is a sraddham day.
Shastra

Your day

Computed for Kuwait City, 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

1.04–5.27 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.44–7.12 amClear of every caution
5.44–7.12 am, inside the clear stretch
9.03–10.07 amClear of every caution

Avoid

7.12–8.41 am
7.29–9.03 am
10.07–11.36 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.12 am–12.00 pm
11.35 am–1.04 pm
3.03–4.39 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.49 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.44 am
Sunset5.27 pm
Moonrise3.25 am (next day)
Moonset3.28 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

, Dwadasi Sraddham and Magha Sraddham on this day.

Thursday 8 October: Pradosham and Masa Sivaratri.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Kuwait City's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kuwait City 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Dwadasi, till 8.47 pm 37–36 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Magam, till 7.11 pm 33–35 nazhigaiPooram
Shubha Yogam, till 12.22 am (next day) 46–34 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.24 am 9–09 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 8.47 pm 37–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kuwait City

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.55 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.12–8.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.29–9.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.07–11.36 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.12 am–12.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–1.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.51–6.23 pmA favourable window
3.03–4.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam5.44
Dhanam17.13
Sugam28.41
Soram10.07
Visham11.35
Uthi1.04
Amirtham2.32
Rogam3.59

Night

Uthi5.27
Amirtham7.00
Rogam8.31
Labam10.04
Dhanam11.37
Sugam1.09
Soram2.40
Visham4.12

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Tyajyam; 2 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Maghā

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
Kanya5.44 am6.36 am
Tula6.36 am8.56 am
Vrischika8.56 am11.15 am
Dhanu11.15 am1.19 pm
Makara1.19 pm3.01 pm
Kumbha3.01 pm4.27 pm
Meena4.27 pm5.51 pm
Mesha5.51 pm7.26 pm
Vrishabha7.26 pm9.21 pm
Mithuna9.21 pm11.36 pm
Kataka11.36 pm1.57 am
Simha1.57 am4.15 am
Kanya4.15 am5.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.44
Chandra6.43
Sani7.41
Guru8.40
Sevvai9.39
Suriya10.37
Sukran11.36
Budhan12.34
Chandra1.33
Sani2.31
Guru3.30
Sevvai4.29

Night

Suriya5.27
Sukran6.29
Budhan7.30
Chandra8.32
Sani9.33
Guru10.35
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.38
Sukran1.39
Budhan2.40
Chandra3.42
Sani4.43

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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