September 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Avani
29
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 28 on this day. Here Avani began a day earlier, on Monday 17 August.

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 6.15 am (next day), then Panchami
Chithiraitill 12.25 pm, then Swathi
Rahu Kalammorning 7.24–8.58
Yamagandammorning 10.29–12.02
Kuligaiafternoon 1.34–3.07
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.52–7.24night 9.07–10.34

Computed for Muscat, in Gulf time (GST). 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, 3.44 pm to 5.51 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.15 am Tuesday.

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

Shastra

Your day

Computed for Muscat, 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

3.44–5.51 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.52–7.24 amClear of every caution
5.52–7.24 am, inside the clear stretch
8.58–10.29 amClear of every caution
11.38 am–12.26 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.02–12.26 pmShort clear window
1.16–1.34 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.24–8.58 am
10.29 am–12.02 pm
12.26–1.16 pm
1.34–3.07 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.54–3.44 pm
6.21–8.04 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 9.20 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

Sunrise5.52 am
Sunset6.12 pm
Moonrise8.47 am
Moonset7.59 pm
SunSimha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Muscat 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)
Chaturthi, till 6.15 am (next day) 60–55 nazhigaiPanchami
Chithirai, till 12.25 pm 16–22 nazhigaiSwathi
Brahma Yogam, till 11.17 am 13–31 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 5.51 pm 29–57 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Muscat

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.20–5.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.49–7.27 am
4.32–6.13 am		A favourable window
7.24–8.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.29 am–12.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 am–12.26 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.26–1.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.34–3.07 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.54–3.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.21–8.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.52
Visham7.24
Rogam8.57
Labam110.30
Dhanam212.02
Sugam31.35
Soram3.06
Uthi44.40

Night

Sugam56.12
Soram7.39
Uthi9.07
Amirtham10.35
Visham12.02
Rogam1.29
Labam2.58
Dhanam4.25

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Indu Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 12.25 pm, 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
Simha5.52 am6.09 am
Kanya6.09 am8.20 am
Tula8.20 am10.35 am
Vrischika10.35 am12.51 pm
Dhanu12.51 pm2.56 pm
Makara2.56 pm4.43 pm
Kumbha4.43 pm6.15 pm
Meena6.15 pm7.45 pm
Mesha7.45 pm9.25 pm
Vrishabha9.25 pm11.23 pm
Mithuna11.23 pm1.36 am
Kataka1.36 am3.53 am
Simha3.53 am5.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.52
Sani6.54
Guru7.56
Sevvai8.57
Suriya9.59
Sukran11.00
Budhan12.02
Chandra1.04
Sani2.05
Guru3.07
Sevvai4.08
Suriya5.10

Night

Sukran6.12
Budhan7.10
Chandra8.08
Sani9.07
Guru10.05
Sevvai11.04
Suriya12.02
Sukran1.01
Budhan1.59
Chandra2.57
Sani3.56
Guru4.54

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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