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
For anything new, 7.06 am to 9.08 am is the best of the day.
Vajra Yogam runs till 11.51 am Wednesday.
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 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
7.06–9.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.14 am–12.42 pmClear of every caution
12.20–1.06 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.13–2.50 pmShort clear window
5.11–6.40 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs
Avoid
5.35–7.06 am, from before sunrise
9.08–9.57 am
9.44–11.14 am
12.42–2.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.41–5.11 pm
11.30 pm–12.20 am, in the evening
6.19–7.50 am, early Wednesday
Chandrashtamam
until Wednesday 12.44 am
Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters· Chithirai, first to second quarters
For those born in Kanya Rasi.
Then
from 12.44 am, until Friday 3.11 am
Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters· Visakam, first to third quarters
For those born in Tula 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
Sunrise6.46 am
Sunset6.40 pm
Moonrise8.27 pm
Moonset10.01 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi
This day and the next
Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.
, Chaturthi Sraddham and Maha Bharani Sraddham on this day.
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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Chaturthi, till 2.26 am (next day) 49–08 nazhigai
Panchami
Bharani, till 7.07 pm 30–52 nazhigai
Karthigai
Harshana Yogam, till 2.50 pm 20–11 nazhigai
Vajra Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 3.34 pm 22–00 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 2.26 am (next day) 49–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Los Angeles
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.10–5.57 am
Prayer, meditation, study
5.35–7.06 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.08–9.57 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.44–11.14 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.20–1.06 pm
Widely used for beginnings
12.42–2.13 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
2.37–4.06 pm
A favourable window
3.41–5.11 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
11.30 pm–12.20 am
Avoided for new beginnings
6.19–7.50 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Rogam6.46
Labam18.16
Dhanam29.45
Sugam11.14
Soram12.42
Uthi32.13
Visham3.41
Amirtham45.11
Night
Soram6.40
Uthi8.11
Visham9.41
Amirtham511.13
Rogam12.43
Labam2.15
Dhanam3.45
Sugam65.16
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham and Yamagandam; 3 Vajra Yogam; 4 Vajra Yogam; 5 Durmuhurtham; 6 Tyajyam.