October 2026
5
Monday
Parabhava
Purattasi
19
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 18 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Dasamitill 9.38 pm, then Ekadasi
Poosamtill 6.40 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.32–9.58
Yamagandammorning 11.23–12.49
Kuligaiafternoon 2.13–3.40
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.07–8.32evening 6.30–8.04

Computed for London, 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, 7.07 am to 8.32 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.39 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 London, 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

7.07–8.32 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.07–8.32 am, inside the clear stretch
9.58–10.29 amShort clear window
12.26–1.11 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.32–9.58 am
11.23 am–12.49 pm
1.11–1.57 pm
2.13–3.40 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.27–4.14 pm
6.59–8.33 am, early Tuesday

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 5.48 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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
Sunset6.30 pm
Moonrise1.47 am (next day)
Moonset4.32 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

, Dasami Sraddham on this day.

Tuesday 6 October: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for London 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
Thingal (Monday)
Dasami, till 9.38 pm 36–14 nazhigaiEkadasi
Poosam, till 6.40 pm 28–48 nazhigaiAyilyam
Siddha Yogam, till 2.51 am (next day) 49–15 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.30 am 8–25 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.39 pm caution 36–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for London

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.27–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.32–9.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.23 am–12.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.26–1.11 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.33–2.04 pmA favourable window
1.11–1.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.13–3.40 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.27–4.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.59–8.33 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.07
Visham8.32
Rogam9.57
Labam111.24
Dhanam212.49
Sugam32.14
Soram3.39
Uthi45.05

Night

Sugam6.30
Soram8.04
Uthi9.40
Amirtham11.15
Visham12.49
Rogam2.24
Labam4.00
Dhanam55.35

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Indu Vāsara · Puṣya

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 am8.22 am
Tula8.22 am11.13 am
Vrischika11.13 am1.50 pm
Dhanu1.50 pm3.45 pm
Makara3.45 pm4.59 pm
Kumbha4.59 pm5.53 pm
Meena5.53 pm6.45 pm
Mesha6.45 pm7.49 pm
Vrishabha7.49 pm9.26 pm
Mithuna9.26 pm11.49 pm
Kataka11.49 pm2.38 am
Simha2.38 am5.28 am
Kanya5.28 am7.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.07
Sani8.04
Guru9.01
Sevvai9.58
Suriya10.55
Sukran11.52
Budhan12.48
Chandra1.45
Sani2.42
Guru3.39
Sevvai4.36
Suriya5.33

Night

Sukran6.30
Budhan7.33
Chandra8.36
Sani9.39
Guru10.43
Sevvai11.46
Suriya12.49
Sukran1.53
Budhan2.56
Chandra3.59
Sani5.02
Guru6.06

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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