October 2026
8
Thursday
Parabhava
Purattasi
21
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 10.16 pm, then Chaturdasi
Pooramtill 9.20 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Pradosham · Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.19 am (next day): Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.30–11.30evening 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

For anything new, 3.01 pm to sunset 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 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

3.01–6.00 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.32–9.01 amClear of every caution
10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai also runs
10.32 am–1.30 pmClear of every caution
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.38 am–12.24 pm
12.15–1.15 pm, inside the clear stretch
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

5.33–7.09 am, from before sunrise
6.02–7.32 am (printed 6–7.30)
9.01–10.32 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)
1.30–3.01 pm (printed 1.30–3)
4.32–6.09 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 3.19 am

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

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 3.19 am, 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

Sunrise6.02 am
Sunset6.00 pm
Moonrise4.45 am (next day)
Moonset4.17 pm
SunKanya Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

, Trayodasi Sraddham on this day.

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 10.16 pm 40–36 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Pooram, till 9.20 pm 38–16 nazhigaiUthiram
Shukla Yogam, till 12.58 am (next day) 47–21 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.44 am 11–46 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 10.16 pm 40–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Thanjavur

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.26–5.13 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.33–7.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.02–7.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.01–10.32 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.38 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.30–3.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.02–4.36 pmA favourable window
4.32–6.09 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.02
Sugam7.32
Soram9.01
Uthi10.32
Amirtham12.01
Visham1.30
Rogam3.00
Labam4.31

Night

Amirtham6.00
Visham7.30
Rogam9.00
Labam10.31
Dhanam12.01
Sugam1.32
Soram3.01
Uthi24.32

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Kanyā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī

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 am6.44 am
Tula6.44 am8.49 am
Vrischika8.49 am11.00 am
Dhanu11.00 am1.07 pm
Makara1.07 pm3.02 pm
Kumbha3.02 pm4.46 pm
Meena4.46 pm6.27 pm
Mesha6.27 pm8.17 pm
Vrishabha8.17 pm10.20 pm
Mithuna10.20 pm12.31 am
Kataka12.31 am2.39 am
Simha2.39 am4.40 am
Kanya4.40 am6.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.02
Sevvai7.02
Suriya8.02
Sukran9.01
Budhan10.01
Chandra11.01
Sani12.01
Guru1.01
Sevvai2.01
Suriya3.00
Sukran4.00
Budhan5.00

Night

Chandra6.00
Sani7.00
Guru8.00
Sevvai9.00
Suriya10.01
Sukran11.01
Budhan12.01
Chandra1.01
Sani2.01
Guru3.01
Sevvai4.02
Suriya5.02

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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