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, 1.04 pm to 4.00 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 Raleigh, 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
1.04–4.00 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.10–8.38 am; Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam also run
12.40–1.27 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
5.29–6.57 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
8.38–10.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.35 am–1.04 pm
4.00–5.29 pm
1.19–2.50 am, early Saturday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
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
Sunrise7.10 am
Sunset6.57 pm
Moonrise11.25 pm
Moonset1.47 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi, from 6.11 am
This day and the next
, Saptami 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
Limb
This day
Then
Velli (Friday)
Saptami, till 10.30 pm 38–19 nazhigai
Ashtami
Mirugaseeridam, till 5.25 pm 25–37 nazhigai
Thiruvathirai
Vyatipata Yogam, till 8.48 am caution4–04 nazhigai Variyan Yogam, till 5.52 am (next day) 56–42 nazhigai
Parigha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.38 am caution11–07 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 10.30 pm 38–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Raleigh
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.33–6.21 am
Prayer, meditation, study
8.38–10.07 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
9.12–10.40 am 6.36–8.05 am
A favourable window
11.35 am–1.04 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.40–1.27 pm
Widely used for beginnings
4.00–5.29 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
1.19–2.50 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam17.10
Soram8.38
Uthi210.07
Visham11.35
Amirtham1.04
Rogam2.31
Labam34.01
Dhanam5.29
Night
Rogam6.57
Labam8.29
Dhanam10.01
Sugam11.33
Soram1.03
Uthi42.36
Visham4.07
Amirtham5.40
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.