October 2026
7
Wednesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
21
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 20 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.


Theypirai
Dwadasitill 10.47 am, then Trayodasi
Magamtill 9.11 am, then Pooram
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.54–2.22
Yamagandammorning 8.34–10.02
Kuligaimorning 11.28–12.55
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.08–8.34evening 6.42–8.15

Computed for San Jose, 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, 2.22 pm to 5.03 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 Jose, 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

2.22–5.03 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.08–8.34 amClear of every caution
7.08–8.34 am, inside the clear stretch
10.02–11.28 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.34–10.02 am
11.28 am–12.55 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.31–1.19 pm
12.54–2.22 pm
5.03–6.39 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.49 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise7.08 am
Sunset6.42 pm
Moonrise5.12 am (next day)
Moonset5.06 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

, Trayodasi Sraddham on this day.

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Thursday 8 October: Masa Sivaratri.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Jose 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Dwadasi, till 10.47 am 9–07 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Magam, till 9.11 am 5–06 nazhigaiPooram
Shubha Yogam, till 2.22 pm 18–05 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 10.47 am 9–07 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 10.14 pm 37–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Jose

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.29–6.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.51–8.23 am
2.32–4.06 am
A favourable window
8.34–10.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.28 am–12.55 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.31–1.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.54–2.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.03–6.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.08
Dhanam18.35
Sugam10.02
Soram11.28
Visham12.54
Uthi2.22
Amirtham23.49
Rogam5.15

Night

Uthi6.42
Amirtham8.16
Rogam9.48
Labam11.23
Dhanam12.56
Sugam2.29
Soram4.02
Visham5.35

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 · Dvādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 9.11 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
Kanya7.08 am8.01 am
Tula8.01 am10.30 am
Vrischika10.30 am12.53 pm
Dhanu12.53 pm2.55 pm
Makara2.55 pm4.29 pm
Kumbha4.29 pm5.47 pm
Meena5.47 pm7.01 pm
Mesha7.01 pm8.28 pm
Vrishabha8.28 pm10.18 pm
Mithuna10.18 pm12.35 am
Kataka12.35 am3.03 am
Simha3.03 am5.31 am
Kanya5.31 am7.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.08
Chandra8.06
Sani9.04
Guru10.02
Sevvai10.59
Suriya11.57
Sukran12.55
Budhan1.53
Chandra2.51
Sani3.48
Guru4.46
Sevvai5.44

Night

Suriya6.42
Sukran7.44
Budhan8.46
Chandra9.49
Sani10.51
Guru11.53
Sevvai12.55
Suriya1.58
Sukran3.00
Budhan4.02
Chandra5.05
Sani6.07

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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