September 2026
30
Wednesday
Parabhava
Purattasi
13
Budhan
Theypirai
Chaturthitill 2.56 pm, then Panchami
Bharanitill 7.37 am, then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Karthigai Viratham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.00–1.30
Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.00
Kuligaimorning 10.30–12.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.14 pm: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Thanjavur. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vajra Yogam runs all day, till 12.21 am Thursday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer the printed Nalla Neram and ask your family's jyotishi.

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 Thanjavur, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

9.15–10.15 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Vajra Yogam also run
4.45–5.45 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

7.32–9.03 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.33 am–12.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 10.30–12)
11.39 am–12.28 pm
12.03–1.34 pm (printed 12–1.30)
6.49–8.20 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 1.14 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 1.14 pm, until Friday 3.41 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.02 am
Sunset6.05 pm
Moonrise9.02 pm
Moonset9.04 am
SunKanya Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

, Chaturthi Sraddham and Panchami Sraddham on this day.

Karthigai Viratham

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Thanjavur 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)
Chaturthi, till 2.56 pm 22–14 nazhigaiPanchami
Bharani, till 7.37 am 3–57 nazhigai
Karthigai, till 6.03 am (next day) 60–02 nazhigai		Rohini
Vajra Yogam, till 12.21 am (next day) caution 45–46 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 2.56 pm 22–14 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.46 am (next day) 49–20 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Thanjavur

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.27–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.32–9.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.33 am–12.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.39 am–12.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.03–1.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.49–8.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.18 amA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.02
Dhanam27.33
Sugam39.03
Soram10.33
Visham12.03
Uthi41.34
Amirtham53.05
Rogam4.34

Night

Uthi66.05
Amirtham77.35
Rogam9.04
Labam10.34
Dhanam12.04
Sugam1.34
Soram3.02
Visham4.32

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vajra Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam; 3 Vajra Yogam; 4 Vajra Yogam; 5 Vajra Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Saumya Vāsara · Bharaṇī (Kṛttikā from 7.37 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
Kanya6.02 am7.15 am
Tula7.15 am9.20 am
Vrischika9.20 am11.31 am
Dhanu11.31 am1.39 pm
Makara1.39 pm3.33 pm
Kumbha3.33 pm5.17 pm
Meena5.17 pm6.59 pm
Mesha6.59 pm8.48 pm
Vrishabha8.48 pm10.52 pm
Mithuna10.52 pm1.03 am
Kataka1.03 am3.11 am
Simha3.11 am5.12 am
Kanya5.12 am6.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.02
Chandra7.02
Sani8.03
Guru9.03
Sevvai10.03
Suriya11.03
Sukran12.03
Budhan1.04
Chandra2.04
Sani3.04
Guru4.04
Sevvai5.05

Night

Suriya6.05
Sukran7.05
Budhan8.04
Chandra9.04
Sani10.04
Guru11.04
Sevvai12.03
Suriya1.03
Sukran2.03
Budhan3.03
Chandra4.03
Sani5.02

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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