October 2026
2
Friday
Parabhava
Purattasi
16
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 15 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Saptamitill 3.30 am (next day), then Ashtami
Mirugaseeridamtill 10.25 pm, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.26–12.54
Yamagandamafternoon 3.46–5.14
Kuligaimorning 8.33–10.01
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.11 am: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.07–8.33night 8.14–9.47

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.38 pm; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 1.48 pm.

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 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

5.14–6.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.07–8.33 am; Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam also run
12.31–1.16 pm; Rahu Kalam, Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam also run

Avoid

8.33–10.01 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.26 am–12.54 pm
3.46–5.14 pm
6.19–7.50 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until 11.11 am

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

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 11.11 am, until Sunday 2.03 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise7.07 am
Sunset6.40 pm
Moonrise9.35 pm
Moonset2.49 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

, Saptami Sraddham 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
Velli (Friday)
Saptami, till 3.30 am (next day) 50–54 nazhigaiAshtami
Mirugaseeridam, till 10.25 pm 38–13 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Vyatipata Yogam, till 1.48 pm caution 16–41 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.38 pm caution 23–44 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 3.30 am (next day) 50–54 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.28–6.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.33–10.01 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.26 am–12.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.31–1.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.12–3.40 pmA favourable window
3.46–5.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.19–7.50 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.07
Soram8.33
Uthi210.01
Visham11.26
Amirtham312.54
Rogam2.19
Labam43.47
Dhanam5.14

Night

Rogam6.40
Labam8.14
Dhanam9.47
Sugam11.21
Soram12.54
Uthi2.28
Visham4.01
Amirtham55.36

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa

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
Kanya7.07 am8.40 am
Tula8.40 am11.33 am
Vrischika11.33 am2.12 pm
Dhanu2.12 pm4.06 pm
Makara4.06 pm5.18 pm
Kumbha5.18 pm6.10 pm
Meena6.10 pm6.58 pm
Mesha6.58 pm8.00 pm
Vrishabha8.00 pm9.36 pm
Mithuna9.36 pm12.00 am
Kataka12.00 am2.51 am
Simha2.51 am5.44 am
Kanya5.44 am7.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.07
Budhan8.05
Chandra9.03
Sani10.00
Guru10.58
Sevvai11.56
Suriya12.53
Sukran1.51
Budhan2.49
Chandra3.47
Sani4.44
Guru5.42

Night

Sevvai6.40
Suriya7.42
Sukran8.45
Budhan9.47
Chandra10.49
Sani11.52
Guru12.54
Sevvai1.57
Suriya2.59
Sukran4.02
Budhan5.04
Chandra6.06

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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