September 2026
24
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
7
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 3.49 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Avittamtill 3.05 pm, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.18–2.51
Yamagandammorning 5.42–7.14
Kuligaimorning 8.44–10.17
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.22–5.53night 12.11–1.15 (after midnight)

Computed for Sydney, in Sydney time (AEST). 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, 2.51 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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 Sydney, 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

2.51–5.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.14–8.44 amClear of every caution
10.17 am–1.18 pmClear of every caution
11.24 am–12.11 pm
4.22–5.53 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.42–7.14 am
8.44–10.17 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.18–2.51 pm
10.31 pm–12.11 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 10.04 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise5.42 am
Sunset5.53 pm
Moonrise3.30 pm
Moonset4.35 am (next day)
SunKanya Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi, from 2.27 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sydney 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 3.49 am (next day) 55–20 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Avittam, till 3.05 pm 23–29 nazhigaiSathayam
Dhriti Yogam, till 8.25 pm 36–48 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.40 pm 24–56 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 3.49 am (next day) 55–20 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sydney

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.05–5.45 amA favourable window
4.08–4.55 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.42–7.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.44–10.17 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.24 am–12.11 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.18–2.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.31 pm–12.11 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.42
Sugam7.14
Soram8.44
Uthi10.17
Amirtham11.48
Visham1.18
Rogam2.50
Labam4.22

Night

Amirtham5.53
Visham7.21
Rogam8.49
Labam210.19
Dhanam311.47
Sugam1.16
Soram2.43
Uthi4.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 3.05 pm, 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
Kanya5.42 am6.49 am
Tula6.49 am8.19 am
Vrischika8.19 am10.11 am
Dhanu10.11 am12.27 pm
Makara12.27 pm2.52 pm
Kumbha2.52 pm5.15 pm
Meena5.15 pm7.37 pm
Mesha7.37 pm10.02 pm
Vrishabha10.02 pm12.24 am
Mithuna12.24 am2.26 am
Kataka2.26 am4.04 am
Simha4.04 am5.26 am
Kanya5.26 am5.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.42
Sevvai6.43
Suriya7.44
Sukran8.45
Budhan9.46
Chandra10.47
Sani11.48
Guru12.48
Sevvai1.49
Suriya2.50
Sukran3.51
Budhan4.52

Night

Chandra5.53
Sani6.52
Guru7.51
Sevvai8.50
Suriya9.49
Sukran10.48
Budhan11.47
Chandra12.46
Sani1.45
Guru2.44
Sevvai3.43
Suriya4.42

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Saturday 10.04 am

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