October 2026
10
Saturday
Parabhava
Purattasi
24
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Purattasi 23 on this day. Here Purattasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 17 September.

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 8.50 am, then Prathamai
Hasthamtill 9.13 am, then Chithirai
Marana Yogam

Fourth Purattasi Saturday

Rahu Kalammorning 10.08–11.33
Yamagandamafternoon 2.19–3.44
Kuligaimorning 7.21–8.45
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.35 pm: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.33–12.55evening 7.09–8.07

Computed for Seattle, 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, 8.51 am to 9.32 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 8.36 am Sunday.

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 Seattle, 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

8.51–9.32 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.33 am–12.55 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
12.34–1.18 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.21–8.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.21–8.51 am
10.08–11.33 am
2.19–3.44 pm
5.29–7.09 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.35 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 9.35 pm, until Tuesday 6.43 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise7.21 am
Sunset6.31 pm
Moonrise7.39 am
Moonset6.05 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

, Perumal worship.

Sunday 11 October: Navaratri begins.

Amavasai runs till 8.50 am; the Mahalaya Amavasai day here is on Friday 9 October.

In Tamil Nadu, Mahalaya Amavasai is on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Seattle 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
Sani (Saturday)
Amavasai, till 8.50 am 3–42 nazhigaiPrathamai
Hastham, till 9.13 am 4–39 nazhigaiChithirai
Indra Yogam, till 9.32 am 5–28 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 8.50 am 3–42 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 8.52 pm 33–46 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.39–6.29 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.21–8.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.21–8.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.08–11.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.34–1.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.19–3.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.29–7.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.26–5.04 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.21
Uthi18.45
Visham10.08
Amirtham211.33
Rogam12.55
Labam32.20
Dhanam43.44
Sugam55.07

Night

Labam66.31
Dhanam8.08
Sugam9.44
Soram11.20
Uthi12.57
Visham2.33
Amirtham4.10
Soram5.45

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Vaidhriti Yogam; 2 Vaidhriti Yogam; 3 Yamagandam and Vaidhriti Yogam; 4 Vaidhriti Yogam; 5 Tyajyam and Vaidhriti Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Sthira Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 9.13 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
Kanya7.21 am8.04 am
Tula8.04 am10.47 am
Vrischika10.47 am1.19 pm
Dhanu1.19 pm3.17 pm
Makara3.17 pm4.38 pm
Kumbha4.38 pm5.40 pm
Meena5.40 pm6.39 pm
Mesha6.39 pm7.50 pm
Vrishabha7.50 pm9.32 pm
Mithuna9.32 pm11.53 pm
Kataka11.53 pm2.35 am
Simha2.35 am5.18 am
Kanya5.18 am7.22 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.21
Guru8.17
Sevvai9.13
Suriya10.08
Sukran11.04
Budhan12.00
Chandra12.56
Sani1.52
Guru2.47
Sevvai3.43
Suriya4.39
Sukran5.35

Night

Budhan6.31
Chandra7.35
Sani8.39
Guru9.44
Sevvai10.48
Suriya11.52
Sukran12.57
Budhan2.01
Chandra3.05
Sani4.09
Guru5.14
Sevvai6.18

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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