October 2026
11
Sunday
Parabhava
Purattasi
25
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 24 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 9.02 am, then Dwitiyai
Chithiraitill 10.03 am, then Swathi
Siddha Yogam

Navaratri begins

Rahu Kalamevening 4.57–6.24
Yamagandamafternoon 12.39–2.06
Kuligaiafternoon 3.31–4.58
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.55–8.21evening 6.24–7.57

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.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 8.36 am; Vishkambha Yogam runs till 8.03 am Monday. 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. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

6.55–8.21 am; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
12.17–1.02 pm; Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

12.39–2.06 pm
3.31–4.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.57–5.39 pm
4.52–5.38 pm
4.57–6.24 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 6.43 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.55 am
Sunset6.24 pm
Moonrise8.05 am
Moonset6.42 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Navaratri begins, kolu is set up and the nine nights of Devi worship begin.

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

LimbThis dayThen
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Prathamai, till 9.02 am 5–16 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Chithirai, till 10.03 am 7–49 nazhigaiSwathi
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 8.36 am caution 4–12 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 9.02 am 5–16 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 9.19 pm 35–58 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.15–6.04 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.17–1.02 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.39–2.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.31–4.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.57–5.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.52–5.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.57–6.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.06–3.46 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.55
Amirtham28.22
Rogam9.47
Labam311.14
Dhanam412.40
Sugam52.06
Soram3.31
Visham4.57

Night

Dhanam6.24
Sugam7.58
Soram9.31
Visham11.05
Uthi12.40
Amirtham2.14
Rogam3.47
Labam5.22

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhānu Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 10.03 am, computed)

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
Kanya6.55 am7.28 am
Tula7.28 am9.53 am
Vrischika9.53 am12.14 pm
Dhanu12.14 pm2.17 pm
Makara2.17 pm3.54 pm
Kumbha3.54 pm5.16 pm
Meena5.16 pm6.34 pm
Mesha6.34 pm8.04 pm
Vrishabha8.04 pm9.57 pm
Mithuna9.57 pm12.13 am
Kataka12.13 am2.38 am
Simha2.38 am5.01 am
Kanya5.01 am6.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.55
Sukran7.52
Budhan8.50
Chandra9.47
Sani10.45
Guru11.42
Sevvai12.39
Suriya1.37
Sukran2.34
Budhan3.32
Chandra4.29
Sani5.26

Night

Guru6.24
Sevvai7.27
Suriya8.29
Sukran9.32
Budhan10.34
Chandra11.37
Sani12.40
Guru1.42
Sevvai2.45
Suriya3.48
Sukran4.50
Budhan5.53

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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