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, 4.08 pm to sunset is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.39 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 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
4.08–6.28 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.45–8.13 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.14–1.00 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
1.47–2.04 pmShort clear window
Avoid
8.13–9.42 am
11.08 am–12.37 pm
1.00–1.47 pm
2.04–3.33 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.20–4.08 pm
10.59 pm–12.33 am, 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
Sunrise6.45 am
Sunset6.28 pm
Moonrise2.43 am (next day)
Moonset3.40 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi
This day and the next
, Ekadasi Sraddham on this day.
Tuesday 6 October: Ekadasi.
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
Thingal (Monday)
Dasami, till 1.38 pm 17–11 nazhigai
Ekadasi
Poosam, till 10.40 am 9–45 nazhigai
Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam, till 6.51 pm 30–12 nazhigai
Sadhya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.39 pm caution17–11 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 12.50 am (next day) 45–10 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for San Diego
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.08–5.56 am
Prayer, meditation, study
8.13–9.42 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.08 am–12.37 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.14–1.00 pm
Widely used for beginnings
1.00–1.47 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
2.04–3.33 pm
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
3.20–4.08 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
10.59 pm–12.33 am
Avoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this day
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Amirtham16.45
Visham8.13
Rogam9.41
Labam211.09
Dhanam312.37
Sugam42.05
Soram3.32
Uthi5.01
Night
Sugam6.28
Soram8.00
Uthi59.33
Amirtham611.05
Visham12.37
Rogam2.09
Labam3.42
Dhanam5.14
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.