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, 8.35 am to 9.46 am is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.24 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 Sacramento, 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
8.35–9.46 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.27 am–12.53 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.31–1.16 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
Avoid
7.08–8.35 am
10.00–11.27 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.19–3.46 pm
4.02–5.39 pm
Chandrashtamam
until 2.49 pm
Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters· Avittam, first to second quarters
For those born in Makara Rasi.
Then
from 2.49 pm, until Saturday 9.35 pm
Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters· Poorattathi, first to third quarters
For those born in Kumbha 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
Sunrise7.08 am
Sunset6.38 pm
Moonrise6.16 am (next day)
Moonset5.30 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi
This day and the next
, Chaturdasi Sraddham on this day.
Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.
Friday 9 October: Mahalaya Amavasai.
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
Limb
This day
Then
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 9.46 am 6–35 nazhigai
Chaturdasi
Pooram, till 8.50 am 4–15 nazhigai
Uthiram
Shukla Yogam, till 12.28 pm 13–20 nazhigai
Brahma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.46 am 6–35 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 9.24 pm caution35–37 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Sacramento
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.29–6.18 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.08–8.35 am
Avoided for new beginnings
10.00–11.27 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
12.31–1.16 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.19–3.46 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
4.02–5.39 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
1.39–3.14 am
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Dhanam17.08
Sugam28.35
Soram10.00
Uthi311.27
Amirtham412.54
Visham2.19
Rogam3.45
Labam55.12
Night
Amirtham6.38
Visham8.11
Rogam9.45
Labam11.20
Dhanam12.54
Sugam2.28
Soram4.01
Uthi5.36
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam.