Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 9 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 9.49 am, then Prathamai
Uthirattathitill 10.38 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Second Purattasi Saturday
Rahu Kalammorning 10.00–11.31
Yamagandamafternoon 2.30–4.01
Kuligaimorning 7.01–8.31
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.31–1.00evening 7.00–8.30
Computed for San Francisco, 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, 11.31 am to 2.30 pm is the best of the day.
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 Francisco, 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
11.31 am–2.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.31 am–1.00 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.37–1.24 pm
4.01–7.00 pmClear of every caution
Avoid
7.01–8.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.01–8.37 am
8.28–10.04 am
10.00–11.31 am
2.30–4.01 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Sunday 9.47 pm
Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter
For those born in Simha 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
Sunrise7.01 am
Sunset7.00 pm
Moonrise6.58 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Sunday
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi
This day and the next
, Prathamai Sraddham on this day.
, Perumal worship.
Sunday 27 September: Prathamai Sraddham, as Mahalaya Paksham begins; some families count it from this day.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by San Francisco's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Francisco 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
Sani (Saturday)
Pournami, till 9.49 am 7–00 nazhigai
Prathamai
Uthirattathi, till 10.38 pm 39–02 nazhigai
Revathi
Vriddhi Yogam, till 10.47 pm 39–24 nazhigai
Dhruva Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 9.49 am 7–00 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 9.13 pm 35–28 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for San Francisco
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.25–6.12 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.01–8.31 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
7.01–8.37 am
Avoided for new beginnings
8.28–10.04 am
Avoided for new beginnings
10.00–11.31 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.37–1.24 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.30–4.01 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
5.56–7.29 pm
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Soram7.01
Uthi18.31
Visham10.00
Amirtham11.31
Rogam1.00
Labam22.31
Dhanam4.01
Sugam5.31
Night
Labam7.00
Dhanam8.31
Sugam10.01
Soram11.30
Uthi1.02
Visham2.31
Amirtham4.02
Soram5.31
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Tyajyam; 2 Yamagandam.