September 2026
20
Sunday
Parabhava
Purattasi
4
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 3 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 7.31 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Pooradamtill 4.05 pm, then Uthiradam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.16–6.48
Yamagandamafternoon 12.41–2.14
Kuligaiafternoon 3.44–5.17
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.46 pm: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.35–8.07evening 6.48–8.16

Computed for San Diego, 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, 6.35 am to 12.41 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.

Shastra

Your day

Computed for San Diego, 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

6.35 am–12.41 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.35–8.07 am, inside the clear stretch
12.18–1.06 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.14–3.44 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

12.41–2.14 pm
3.44–5.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.10–6.00 pm
5.16–6.48 pm
12.55–2.42 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 10.46 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 10.46 pm, until Wednesday 9.28 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.35 am
Sunset6.48 pm
Moonrise3.36 pm
Moonset1.29 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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)
Dasami, till 7.31 am (next day) 62–18 nazhigaiEkadasi
Pooradam, till 4.05 pm 23–43 nazhigaiUthiradam
Shobhana Yogam, till 3.36 am (next day) 52–29 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 6.29 pm 29–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.02–5.48 amPrayer, meditation, study
10.43 am–12.29 pmA favourable window
12.18–1.06 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.41–2.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.44–5.17 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.10–6.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.16–6.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.55–2.42 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi6.35
Amirtham8.08
Rogam9.38
Labam11.11
Dhanam112.42
Sugam2.14
Soram3.44
Visham5.16

Night

Dhanam6.48
Sugam8.17
Soram9.44
Visham11.13
Uthi212.43
Amirtham32.11
Rogam3.39
Labam5.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā (Uttarāṣāḍhā from 4.05 pm, 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
Kanya6.35 am8.45 am
Tula8.45 am11.08 am
Vrischika11.08 am1.29 pm
Dhanu1.29 pm3.32 pm
Makara3.32 pm5.11 pm
Kumbha5.11 pm6.34 pm
Meena6.34 pm7.54 pm
Mesha7.54 pm9.25 pm
Vrishabha9.25 pm11.19 pm
Mithuna11.19 pm1.34 am
Kataka1.34 am3.58 am
Simha3.58 am6.20 am
Kanya6.20 am6.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.35
Sukran7.37
Budhan8.38
Chandra9.39
Sani10.40
Guru11.41
Sevvai12.42
Suriya1.43
Sukran2.44
Budhan3.45
Chandra4.46
Sani5.47

Night

Guru6.48
Sevvai7.47
Suriya8.46
Sukran9.45
Budhan10.44
Chandra11.43
Sani12.42
Guru1.41
Sevvai2.40
Suriya3.39
Sukran4.38
Budhan5.37

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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