October 2026
9
Friday
Parabhava
Purattasi
23, Amavasai
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 22 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.06 am, then Amavasai
Uthiramtill 8.50 am, then Hastham
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Mahalaya Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 11.26–12.53
Yamagandamafternoon 3.44–5.11
Kuligaimorning 8.35–10.02
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.09–8.35night 8.11–9.44

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, 12.53 pm to 3.44 pm is the best of the day.

This is Purattasi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


No kolam on this sheet: it is Mahalaya Amavasai.
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

12.53–3.44 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.09–8.35 amClear of every caution
7.09–8.35 am, inside the clear stretch
10.02–11.26 amClear of every caution
12.30–1.15 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
5.11–5.21 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.35–10.02 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.26 am–12.53 pm
3.44–5.11 pm
5.21–7.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise7.09 am
Sunset6.36 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Saturday
Moonset5.54 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

, the new moon that closes Mahalaya Paksham; tarpanam for ancestors.

In Tamil Nadu, Mahalaya Amavasai is on Saturday 10 October.

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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturdasi, till 9.06 am 4–52 nazhigaiAmavasai
Uthiram, till 8.50 am 4–12 nazhigaiHastham
Brahma Yogam, till 10.51 am 9–14 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.06 am 4–52 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 8.55 pm 34–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.30–6.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.35–10.02 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.26 am–12.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.30–1.15 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.44–5.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.21–7.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.08–4.44 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.09
Soram8.35
Uthi10.02
Visham11.26
Amirtham12.53
Rogam2.18
Labam13.45
Dhanam25.11

Night

Rogam6.36
Labam8.11
Dhanam9.45
Sugam11.20
Soram12.53
Uthi2.28
Visham4.01
Amirtham5.36

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 8.50 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
Kanya7.09 am7.53 am
Tula7.53 am10.23 am
Vrischika10.23 am12.48 pm
Dhanu12.48 pm2.49 pm
Makara2.49 pm4.22 pm
Kumbha4.22 pm5.38 pm
Meena5.38 pm6.51 pm
Mesha6.51 pm8.15 pm
Vrishabha8.15 pm10.05 pm
Mithuna10.05 pm12.22 am
Kataka12.22 am2.52 am
Simha2.52 am5.21 am
Kanya5.21 am7.10 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.09
Budhan8.07
Chandra9.04
Sani10.01
Guru10.58
Sevvai11.56
Suriya12.53
Sukran1.50
Budhan2.47
Chandra3.45
Sani4.42
Guru5.39

Night

Sevvai6.36
Suriya7.39
Sukran8.42
Budhan9.45
Chandra10.48
Sani11.51
Guru12.53
Sevvai1.56
Suriya2.59
Sukran4.02
Budhan5.05
Chandra6.07

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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