September 2026
24
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
8
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 7 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 6.49 pm, then Chaturdasi
Sathayamtill 6.53 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.26–3.58
Yamagandammorning 6.53–8.25
Kuligaimorning 9.54–11.26
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.26–12.56evening 6.59–8.28

Computed for Leicester, in UK time (BST). 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, 8.25 am to 9.54 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 10.22 am Friday.

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 Leicester, 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

8.25–9.54 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.26 am–12.56 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs
12.32–1.20 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.53–8.25 am
9.54–11.26 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.31–3.11 pm
2.26–3.58 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 1.04 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.53 am
Sunset6.59 pm
Moonrise6.15 pm
Moonset5.10 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Leicester 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 6.49 pm 29–47 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Sathayam, till 6.53 am (next day) 59–54 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Dhriti Yogam, till 11.25 am 11–17 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 6.49 pm 29–47 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 6.48 am (next day) 59–42 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.19–6.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.53–8.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.54–11.26 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.32–1.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.31–3.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.26–3.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.27 pm–1.05 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.53
Sugam8.25
Soram9.54
Uthi211.26
Amirtham312.57
Visham2.26
Rogam3.57
Labam45.29

Night

Amirtham6.59
Visham8.28
Rogam9.57
Labam11.28
Dhanam12.57
Sugam2.27
Soram3.56
Uthi5.26

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Kanya6.53 am9.12 am
Tula9.12 am12.05 pm
Vrischika12.05 pm2.43 pm
Dhanu2.43 pm4.38 pm
Makara4.38 pm5.50 pm
Kumbha5.50 pm6.41 pm
Meena6.41 pm7.30 pm
Mesha7.30 pm8.31 pm
Vrishabha8.31 pm10.07 pm
Mithuna10.07 pm12.31 am
Kataka12.31 am3.22 am
Simha3.22 am6.15 am
Kanya6.15 am6.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.53
Sevvai7.54
Suriya8.54
Sukran9.55
Budhan10.55
Chandra11.56
Sani12.56
Guru1.57
Sevvai2.57
Suriya3.57
Sukran4.58
Budhan5.58

Night

Chandra6.59
Sani7.58
Guru8.58
Sevvai9.58
Suriya10.58
Sukran11.57
Budhan12.57
Chandra1.57
Sani2.56
Guru3.56
Sevvai4.56
Suriya5.55

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Saturday 1.04 am

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