Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
25
Friday
Parabhava
Margazhi
9
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 10 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Theypirai
Prathamaitill 10.38 am, then Dwitiyai
Thiruvathiraitill 9.17 am, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam

Arudra Darshanam

Rahu Kalammorning 11.30–1.21
Yamagandamevening 5.01–6.52
Kuligaimorning 7.50–9.41
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.04 am (next day): Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.00–7.50night 9.52–11.01

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, 1.21 pm to 5.01 pm is the best of the day.

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

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

1.21–5.01 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.00–7.50 amClear of every caution
6.00–7.50 am, inside the clear stretch
9.41–11.30 amClear of every caution
12.52–1.50 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.52–7.48 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.50–9.41 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.30 am–1.21 pm
5.01–6.52 pm
7.48–9.13 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 1.04 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 1.04 am, until Monday 1.35 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.00 am
Sunset8.42 pm
Moonrise10.08 pm
Moonset6.31 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Arudra Darshanam, Nataraja's dawn abhishekam; kali is offered.

In Tamil Nadu, Arudra Darshanam is on Thursday 24 December.

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

LimbThis dayThen
Velli (Friday)
Prathamai, till 10.38 am 11–34 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Thiruvathirai, till 9.17 am 8–14 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Brahma Yogam, till 3.59 pm 24–57 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.38 am 11–34 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 8.45 pm 36–52 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.46–5.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.50–9.41 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.30 am–1.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.52–1.50 pmWidely used for beginnings
5.01–6.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.48–9.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.14–5.38 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.00
Soram7.50
Uthi9.41
Visham11.30
Amirtham1.21
Rogam3.10
Labam15.02
Dhanam26.52

Night

Rogam8.42
Labam9.52
Dhanam11.02
Sugam12.12
Soram1.21
Uthi2.31
Visham3.40
Amirtham4.51

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 9.17 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
2083
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu6.00 am7.44 am
Makara7.44 am10.12 am
Kumbha10.12 am12.39 pm
Meena12.39 pm3.05 pm
Mesha3.05 pm5.33 pm
Vrishabha5.33 pm7.56 pm
Mithuna7.56 pm9.58 pm
Kataka9.58 pm11.33 pm
Simha11.33 pm12.51 am
Kanya12.51 am2.06 am
Tula2.06 am3.33 am
Vrischika3.33 am5.24 am
Dhanu5.24 am6.00 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.00
Budhan7.13
Chandra8.27
Sani9.40
Guru10.54
Sevvai12.07
Suriya1.21
Sukran2.34
Budhan3.48
Chandra5.01
Sani6.15
Guru7.28

Night

Sevvai8.42
Suriya9.28
Sukran10.15
Budhan11.01
Chandra11.48
Sani12.34
Guru1.21
Sevvai2.08
Suriya2.54
Sukran3.41
Budhan4.27
Chandra5.14

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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