October 2026
9
Friday
Parabhava
Purattasi
22
Velli
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.36 pm, then Amavasai
Uthiramtill 9.20 pm, then Hastham
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.41–11.10
Yamagandamafternoon 2.05–3.34
Kuligaimorning 6.45–8.14
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.14–9.41night 6.34–8.05

Computed for Shillong. 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 2.05 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.54 am.

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 Shillong, 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

11.10 am–2.05 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.14–9.41 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
10.47–11.33 am; Rahu Kalam also runs
3.34–5.01 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

4.32–6.09 am, from before sunrise
6.45–8.14 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.41–11.10 am
2.05–3.34 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 10.05 am

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

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.18 am
Sunset5.01 pm
Moonrise4.50 am (next day)
Moonset4.01 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi, from 3.18 am

This day and the next

, Chaturdasi Sraddham on this day.

Saturday 10 October: Mahalaya Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Shillong 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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturdasi, till 9.36 pm 40–45 nazhigaiAmavasai
Uthiram, till 9.20 pm 40–05 nazhigaiHastham
Brahma Yogam, till 11.21 pm 45–07 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.54 am caution 11–29 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.36 pm 40–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Shillong

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.40–4.28 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.32–6.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.45–8.14 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.41–11.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.47–11.33 amWidely used for beginnings
2.05–3.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.09–3.44 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.18
Soram6.45
Uthi28.14
Visham9.41
Amirtham11.10
Rogam12.37
Labam32.06
Dhanam3.34

Night

Rogam5.01
Labam6.34
Dhanam8.06
Sugam9.38
Soram11.09
Uthi12.42
Visham2.14
Amirtham3.47

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Yamagandam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī

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
Kanya5.18 am6.00 am
Tula6.00 am8.16 am
Vrischika8.16 am10.34 am
Dhanu10.34 am12.38 pm
Makara12.38 pm2.23 pm
Kumbha2.23 pm3.53 pm
Meena3.53 pm5.22 pm
Mesha5.22 pm7.00 pm
Vrishabha7.00 pm8.57 pm
Mithuna8.57 pm11.11 pm
Kataka11.11 pm1.29 am
Simha1.29 am3.43 am
Kanya3.43 am5.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.18
Budhan6.16
Chandra7.15
Sani8.14
Guru9.12
Sevvai10.11
Suriya11.10
Sukran12.08
Budhan1.07
Chandra2.05
Sani3.04
Guru4.03

Night

Sevvai5.01
Suriya6.03
Sukran7.04
Budhan8.06
Chandra9.07
Sani10.08
Guru11.10
Sevvai12.11
Suriya1.13
Sukran2.14
Budhan3.15
Chandra4.17

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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