Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 3 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 6.57 am, then Navami
Uthirattathitill 11.40 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.27–1.18
Yamagandamevening 4.57–6.48
Kuligaimorning 7.46–9.37
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.56–7.46night 9.49–10.57
Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZDT). 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, 7.50 pm to sunset is the best of the day.
Vyatipata Yogam runs till 7.50 pm.
This is Margazhi, 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: Tamil calendar for Auckland
Computed for Auckland, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
7.50–8.38 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.56–7.46 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
12.48–1.46 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyatipata Yogam also run
Avoid
7.46–9.37 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.52–10.32 am
11.27 am–1.18 pm
4.57–6.48 pm
Chandrashtamam
until Saturday 11.29 pm
Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter
For those born in Simha 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
Sunrise5.56 am
Sunset8.38 pm
Moonrise2.11 pm
Moonset1.40 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi
This day and the next
No major observance on this day.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Auckland's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland 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
Limb
This day
Then
Velli (Friday)
Ashtami, till 6.57 am 2–30 nazhigai
Navami
Uthirattathi, till 11.40 pm 44–19 nazhigai
Revathi
Vyatipata Yogam, till 7.50 pm caution34–41 nazhigai
Variyan Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 6.57 am 2–30 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 6.57 pm 32–31 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Auckland
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.42–5.19 am
Prayer, meditation, study
7.46–9.37 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
8.52–10.32 am
Avoided for new beginnings
11.27 am–1.18 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
12.48–1.46 pm
Widely used for beginnings
4.57–6.48 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
6.45–8.23 pm
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Sugam15.56
Soram7.46
Uthi29.37
Visham11.27
Amirtham31.18
Rogam3.07
Labam44.58
Dhanam56.48
Night
Rogam8.38
Labam9.48
Dhanam10.58
Sugam12.08
Soram1.17
Uthi2.28
Visham3.37
Amirtham4.48
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Tyajyam and Vyatipata Yogam; 3 Vyatipata Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam.