September 2026
30
Wednesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
14
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 13 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Panchamitill 3.06 am (next day), then Shashti
Karthigaitill 8.33 pm, then Rohini
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.04–2.34
Yamagandammorning 8.37–10.07
Kuligaimorning 11.35–1.05
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.09–8.37evening 7.00–8.30

Computed for Raleigh, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 2.51 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 2.51 pm.

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 Raleigh, 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

2.51–7.00 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.09–8.37 am; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.37–10.07 am
9.19–10.50 am
11.35 am–1.05 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.40–1.28 pm
1.04–2.34 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 6.11 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise7.09 am
Sunset7.00 pm
Moonrise9.25 pm
Moonset11.31 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi, from 3.44 am

This day and the next

, Panchami Sraddham on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Raleigh 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Panchami, till 3.06 am (next day) 49–51 nazhigaiShashti
Karthigai, till 8.33 pm 33–30 nazhigaiRohini
Vajra Yogam, till 2.51 pm caution 19–14 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.16 pm 22–48 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 3.06 am (next day) 49–51 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Raleigh

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.32–6.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.37–10.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.19–10.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–1.05 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.40–1.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.04–2.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.19–7.48 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam17.09
Dhanam28.38
Sugam310.07
Soram11.35
Visham1.04
Uthi42.34
Amirtham4.02
Rogam5.30

Night

Uthi7.00
Amirtham8.31
Rogam10.02
Labam11.34
Dhanam1.05
Sugam2.36
Soram4.06
Visham5.38

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vajra Yogam; 2 Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Vajra Yogam; 3 Tyajyam and Vajra Yogam; 4 Vajra Yogam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Saumya Vāsara · Kṛttikā

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
Kanya7.09 am8.35 am
Tula8.35 am11.01 am
Vrischika11.01 am1.24 pm
Dhanu1.24 pm3.26 pm
Makara3.26 pm5.02 pm
Kumbha5.02 pm6.21 pm
Meena6.21 pm7.38 pm
Mesha7.38 pm9.06 pm
Vrishabha9.06 pm10.58 pm
Mithuna10.58 pm1.14 am
Kataka1.14 am3.41 am
Simha3.41 am6.06 am
Kanya6.06 am7.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.09
Chandra8.08
Sani9.07
Guru10.06
Sevvai11.06
Suriya12.05
Sukran1.04
Budhan2.03
Chandra3.03
Sani4.02
Guru5.01
Sevvai6.01

Night

Suriya7.00
Sukran8.01
Budhan9.01
Chandra10.02
Sani11.03
Guru12.04
Sevvai1.05
Suriya2.05
Sukran3.06
Budhan4.07
Chandra5.08
Sani6.09

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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