Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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
Keep new beginnings small on this day.
Ganda Yogam runs all day, till 12.48 am Saturday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.18 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.
This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Mahalaya Paksham begins the next day, or on this day in some families. 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 Los Angeles, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
9.44–11.13 am; Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
12.21–1.08 pm; Rahu Kalam, Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
Avoid
5.19–6.56 am, from before sunrise
8.13–9.44 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.13 am–12.45 pm
3.44–5.16 pm
Chandrashtamam
until 5.04 pm
Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter
For those born in Kataka Rasi.
Then
from 5.04 pm, until Sunday 9.47 pm
Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter
For those born in Simha 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
Sunrise6.43 am
Sunset6.45 pm
Moonrise6.16 pm
Moonset6.38 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi
This day and the next
Pournami, the full moon.
, on Purattasi Pournami: a vratam to Siva and Parvati together.
, for those who passed away on a Pournami.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Los Angeles's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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
Limb
This day
Then
Velli (Friday)
Chaturdasi, till 10.37 am 9–45 nazhigai
Pournami
Poorattathi, till 11.02 pm 40–47 nazhigai
Uthirattathi
Ganda Yogam, till 12.48 am (next day) caution45–10 nazhigai
Vriddhi Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.37 am 9–45 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 10.18 pm caution38–55 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Los Angeles
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.08–5.55 am
Prayer, meditation, study
5.19–6.56 am
Avoided for new beginnings
8.13–9.44 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
11.13 am–12.45 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.21–1.08 pm
Widely used for beginnings
3.00–4.35 pm
A favourable window
3.44–5.16 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam16.43
Soram8.13
Uthi29.44
Visham11.13
Amirtham312.45
Rogam2.14
Labam43.45
Dhanam55.16
Night
Rogam6.45
Labam8.16
Dhanam9.46
Sugam11.15
Soram12.44
Uthi2.15
Visham3.44
Amirtham5.14
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Ganda Yogam; 2 Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam, Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Ganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam.