October 2026
4
Sunday
Parabhava
Purattasi
18
Nyayiru

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


Theypirai
Navamitill 3.24 pm, then Dasami
Punarpoosamtill 11.44 am, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.16–6.45
Yamagandamafternoon 12.54–2.22
Kuligaiafternoon 3.49–5.17
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.32–9.59evening 6.45–7.22

Computed for Sacramento, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 7.05 am to 12.54 pm is the best of the day.

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 Sacramento, 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

7.05 am–12.54 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.32–9.59 am, inside the clear stretch
12.31–1.17 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.22–3.49 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

12.54–2.22 pm
3.49–5.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.10–5.58 pm
5.16–6.45 pm
7.22–8.55 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.48 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.05 am
Sunset6.44 pm
Moonrise1.39 am (next day)
Moonset3.34 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 6.02 am

This day and the next

, Navami Sraddham and Dasami Sraddham on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sacramento 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Navami, till 3.24 pm 20–49 nazhigaiDasami
Punarpoosam, till 11.44 am 11–38 nazhigaiPoosam
Shiva Yogam, till 9.22 pm 35–41 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 3.24 pm 20–49 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.30 am (next day) 48–31 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.26–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.28–10.58 am
4.33–6.04 am
A favourable window
12.31–1.17 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.54–2.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.17 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.10–5.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.16–6.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.22–8.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.05
Amirtham8.32
Rogam9.59
Labam11.27
Dhanam112.55
Sugam2.22
Soram3.49
Visham5.16

Night

Dhanam26.44
Sugam38.17
Soram9.49
Visham11.22
Uthi12.55
Amirtham2.28
Rogam4.00
Labam5.33

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 11.44 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
Kanya7.05 am8.13 am
Tula8.13 am10.43 am
Vrischika10.43 am1.07 pm
Dhanu1.07 pm3.08 pm
Makara3.08 pm4.41 pm
Kumbha4.41 pm5.57 pm
Meena5.57 pm7.10 pm
Mesha7.10 pm8.35 pm
Vrishabha8.35 pm10.25 pm
Mithuna10.25 pm12.42 am
Kataka12.42 am3.12 am
Simha3.12 am5.41 am
Kanya5.41 am7.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.05
Sukran8.03
Budhan9.01
Chandra9.59
Sani10.58
Guru11.56
Sevvai12.54
Suriya1.53
Sukran2.51
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.47
Sani5.46

Night

Guru6.44
Sevvai7.46
Suriya8.48
Sukran9.49
Budhan10.51
Chandra11.53
Sani12.55
Guru1.57
Sevvai2.58
Suriya4.00
Sukran5.02
Budhan6.04

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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