Computed for Naperville, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 12.40 pm to 3.30 pm is the best of the day.
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.
No kolam on this sheet: it is Mahalaya Amavasai.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Naperville, 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
12.40–3.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–8.23 amClear of every caution
6.58–8.23 am, inside the clear stretch
9.49–11.14 amClear of every caution
12.17–1.02 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.56–6.21 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
8.23–9.49 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.14 am–12.40 pm
3.30–4.56 pm
7.21–9.00 pm, in the evening
Chandrashtamam
until Saturday 11.35 pm
Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters· Poorattathi, first to third quarters
For those born in Kumbha 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
Sunrise6.58 am
Sunset6.21 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Saturday
Moonset5.35 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi
This day and the next
, the new moon that closes Mahalaya Paksham; tarpanam for ancestors.
In Tamil Nadu, Mahalaya Amavasai is on Saturday 10 October.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Naperville's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Naperville 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 11.06 am 10–20 nazhigai
Amavasai
Uthiram, till 10.50 am 9–39 nazhigai
Hastham
Brahma Yogam, till 12.51 pm 14–42 nazhigai
Indra Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 11.06 am 10–20 nazhigai Chatushpada Karanam, till 10.55 pm 39–50 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Naperville
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.18–6.07 am
Prayer, meditation, study
8.23–9.49 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
11.14 am–12.40 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.17–1.02 pm
Widely used for beginnings
3.30–4.56 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
7.21–9.00 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
5.08–6.44 am
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam6.58
Soram8.23
Uthi9.49
Visham11.14
Amirtham12.40
Rogam2.04
Labam13.31
Dhanam4.56
Night
Rogam6.21
Labam27.56
Dhanam9.31
Sugam11.06
Soram12.40
Uthi2.15
Visham3.49
Amirtham5.25
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Tyajyam.