September 2026
17
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
1
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Avani 31 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Valarpirai
Saptamitill 12.32 am (next day), then Ashtami
Anushamtill 7.24 am, then Kettai
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.54–3.28
Yamagandammorning 6.13–7.46
Kuligaimorning 9.17–10.51
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.00–6.32night 10.56–12.22 (after midnight)

Computed for Phoenix, in Arizona time (MST). 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, 3.28 pm to sunset 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.


Shastra

Your day

Computed for Phoenix, 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

3.28–6.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.46–9.17 amClear of every caution
10.51 am–1.39 pmClear of every caution
11.58 am–12.47 pm
5.00–6.32 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.13–7.46 am
9.17–10.51 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.39–3.28 pm
1.54–3.28 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 10.15 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.13 am
Sunset6.32 pm
Moonrise12.53 pm
Moonset10.20 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Phoenix 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Saptami, till 12.32 am (next day) 45–45 nazhigaiAshtami
Anusham, till 7.24 am 2–57 nazhigaiKettai
Priti Yogam, till 1.05 am (next day) 47–08 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 11.23 am 12–54 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 12.32 am (next day) 45–45 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.26 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.13–7.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.17–10.51 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.58 am–12.47 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.39–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.54–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.25–2.11 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.13
Sugam7.46
Soram9.17
Uthi10.51
Amirtham212.23
Visham1.54
Rogam3.27
Labam5.00

Night

Amirtham6.32
Visham7.59
Rogam9.27
Labam10.56
Dhanam12.23
Sugam1.51
Soram3.18
Uthi4.46

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Guru Vāsara · Anurādhā (Jyeṣṭhā from 7.24 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
Simha6.13 am6.15 am
Kanya6.15 am8.37 am
Tula8.37 am11.01 am
Vrischika11.01 am1.22 pm
Dhanu1.22 pm3.25 pm
Makara3.25 pm5.03 pm
Kumbha5.03 pm6.25 pm
Meena6.25 pm7.45 pm
Mesha7.45 pm9.15 pm
Vrishabha9.15 pm11.08 pm
Mithuna11.08 pm1.24 am
Kataka1.24 am3.49 am
Simha3.49 am6.11 am
Kanya6.11 am6.14 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.13
Sevvai7.15
Suriya8.16
Sukran9.18
Budhan10.19
Chandra11.21
Sani12.22
Guru1.24
Sevvai2.26
Suriya3.27
Sukran4.29
Budhan5.30

Night

Chandra6.32
Sani7.30
Guru8.29
Sevvai9.27
Suriya10.26
Sukran11.24
Budhan12.23
Chandra1.21
Sani2.20
Guru3.18
Sevvai4.17
Suriya5.15

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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