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, 11.10 am to 12.41 pm is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.14 am.
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
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
11.10 am–12.41 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.10 am–12.41 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.17–1.05 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.13–3.43 pmClear of every caution
5.15–6.45 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
9.02–9.52 am
9.38–11.10 am
12.41–2.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.43–5.15 pm
11.30 pm–12.18 am, in the evening
12.53–2.36 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
Chandrashtamam
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
Sunrise6.37 am
Sunset6.45 pm
Moonrise4.46 pm
Moonset3.30 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi
This day and the next
Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.
Wednesday 23 September: Pradosham.
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
Limb
This day
Then
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ekadasi, till 9.14 am 6–32 nazhigai
Dwadasi
Thiruvonam, till 8.39 pm 35–06 nazhigai
Avittam
Sukarma Yogam, till 3.57 am (next day) 53–19 nazhigai
Dhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.14 am caution6–32 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 9.52 pm 38–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for San Diego
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.03–5.49 am
Prayer, meditation, study
9.02–9.52 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.23–11.06 am
A favourable window
9.38–11.10 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.17–1.05 pm
Widely used for beginnings
12.41–2.13 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
3.43–5.15 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
11.30 pm–12.18 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.53–2.36 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Rogam6.37
Labam18.08
Dhanam29.39
Sugam11.10
Soram12.41
Uthi2.13
Visham3.43
Amirtham5.15
Night
Soram6.45
Uthi8.15
Visham9.43
Amirtham311.13
Rogam12.41
Labam42.11
Dhanam3.40
Sugam5.09
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham and Yamagandam; 3 Durmuhurtham; 4 Tyajyam.