Computed for Port of Spain, in Port of Spain time (AST). 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, 11.56 am to 2.55 pm is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.38 am; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 8.48 am.
This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. It is Mahalaya Paksham, the fortnight for ancestors. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
No kolam on this sheet: it is a sraddham day.
Shastra
Your day
Computed for Port of Spain, 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
11.56 am–2.55 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.55–10.25 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.32 am–12.19 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.26–5.56 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
7.24–8.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.25–11.56 am
2.55–4.26 pm
1.19–2.50 am, early Saturday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
until 6.11 am
Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters· Visakam, first to third quarters
For those born in Tula Rasi.
Then
from 6.11 am, until Sunday 9.03 am
Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter
For those born in Vrischika 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
Sunrise5.55 am
Sunset5.56 pm
Moonrise11.20 pm
Moonset11.27 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi
This day and the next
, Saptami Sraddham on this day.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Port of Spain's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Port of Spain 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)
Saptami, till 10.30 pm 41–29 nazhigai
Ashtami
Mirugaseeridam, till 5.25 pm 28–47 nazhigai
Thiruvathirai
Vyatipata Yogam, till 8.48 am caution7–13 nazhigai Variyan Yogam, till 5.52 am (next day) 59–53 nazhigai
Parigha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.38 am caution14–17 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 10.30 pm 41–29 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Port of Spain
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.19–5.06 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.24–8.55 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
9.12–10.40 am
A favourable window
10.25–11.56 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.19 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.55–4.26 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
1.19–2.50 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam15.55
Soram7.24
Uthi28.55
Visham10.25
Amirtham11.56
Rogam1.25
Labam32.56
Dhanam4.26
Night
Rogam5.56
Labam7.26
Dhanam8.56
Sugam10.26
Soram11.55
Uthi41.26
Visham2.54
Amirtham4.25
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Yamagandam; 4 Tyajyam.