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Tuesday
Parabhava
Aippasi
3
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Navamitill 6.21 pm, then Dasami
Thiruvonamtill 11.32 pm, then Avittam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.23–6.04
Yamagandammorning 9.46–11.27
Kuligaiafternoon 1.05–2.45
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.27–1.05night 9.03–10.23

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEDT). 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.

Shoola Yogam runs all day, till 6.21 am Wednesday. 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.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Melbourne, 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

11.27 am–1.05 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs
12.39–1.31 pm; Kuligai and Shoola Yogam also run

Avoid

9.07–10.01 am
9.46–11.27 am
1.05–2.45 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.23–6.04 pm
12.00–12.44 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
3.49–5.34 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.31 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.28 am
Sunset7.42 pm
Moonrise1.33 pm
Moonset3.38 am (next day)
SunTula Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 21 October: Vijayadasami.

In Tamil Nadu, Vijayadasami is on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Navami, till 6.21 pm 29–43 nazhigaiDasami
Thiruvonam, till 11.32 pm 42–42 nazhigaiAvittam
Shoola Yogam, till 6.21 am (next day) caution 59–42 nazhigaiGanda Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 6.21 pm 29–43 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.07–10.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.46–11.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–1.51 pmA favourable window
12.39–1.31 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.05–2.45 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.23–6.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–12.44 amAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.34 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.28
Labam18.08
Dhanam29.47
Sugam311.27
Soram1.05
Uthi42.45
Visham4.23
Amirtham56.04

Night

Soram7.42
Uthi9.03
Visham10.23
Amirtham611.45
Rogam1.04
Labam2.26
Dhanam73.46
Sugam85.07

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Shoola Yogam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam; 3 Shoola Yogam; 4 Shoola Yogam; 5 Shoola Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham; 7 Tyajyam; 8 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śravaṇa

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
Tula6.28 am7.53 am
Vrischika7.53 am9.43 am
Dhanu9.43 am12.00 pm
Makara12.00 pm2.29 pm
Kumbha2.29 pm4.57 pm
Meena4.57 pm7.24 pm
Mesha7.24 pm9.53 pm
Vrishabha9.53 pm12.17 am
Mithuna12.17 am2.19 am
Kataka2.19 am3.52 am
Simha3.52 am5.09 am
Kanya5.09 am6.23 am
Tula6.23 am6.27 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.28
Suriya7.35
Sukran8.41
Budhan9.47
Chandra10.53
Sani11.59
Guru1.05
Sevvai2.11
Suriya3.18
Sukran4.24
Budhan5.30
Chandra6.36

Night

Sani7.42
Guru8.36
Sevvai9.30
Suriya10.23
Sukran11.17
Budhan12.11
Chandra1.05
Sani1.58
Guru2.52
Sevvai3.46
Suriya4.40
Sukran5.33

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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