Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
31
Thursday
Parabhava
Margazhi
15
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 16 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.


Theypirai
Ashtamitill 8.03 pm, then Navami
Hasthamtill 11.44 pm, then Chithirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.13–5.04
Yamagandammorning 6.04–7.54
Kuligaimorning 9.43–11.34
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.34–1.23evening 8.43–9.53

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, 11.34 am to 3.13 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 7.14 pm Friday.

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

11.34 am–3.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.23–9.43 amShort clear window
11.34 am–1.23 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.55–1.52 pm
5.04–7.56 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.04–7.54 am
7.43–9.23 am
9.43–11.34 am, what begins now is said to repeat
3.13–5.04 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.18 pm

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

Sunrise6.04 am
Sunset8.43 pm
Moonrise1.13 am (next day)
Moonset1.43 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKanya 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

LimbThis dayThen
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 8.03 pm 34–57 nazhigaiNavami
Hastham, till 11.44 pm 44–08 nazhigaiChithirai
Shobhana Yogam, till 7.57 pm 34–41 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 8.00 am 4–49 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.03 pm 34–57 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.50–5.26 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.04–7.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.43–9.23 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.34 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.55–1.52 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.13–5.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.35–7.12 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.04
Sugam27.54
Soram9.43
Uthi11.34
Amirtham1.24
Visham3.13
Rogam5.03
Labam36.54

Night

Amirtham8.43
Visham9.53
Rogam11.03
Labam12.14
Dhanam1.24
Sugam2.35
Soram3.44
Uthi4.55

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Hasta

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
Dhanu6.04 am7.21 am
Makara7.21 am9.49 am
Kumbha9.49 am12.15 pm
Meena12.15 pm2.41 pm
Mesha2.41 pm5.09 pm
Vrishabha5.09 pm7.32 pm
Mithuna7.32 pm9.34 pm
Kataka9.34 pm11.09 pm
Simha11.09 pm12.27 am
Kanya12.27 am1.42 am
Tula1.42 am3.09 am
Vrischika3.09 am5.00 am
Dhanu5.00 am6.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.04
Sevvai7.17
Suriya8.30
Sukran9.44
Budhan10.57
Chandra12.10
Sani1.24
Guru2.37
Sevvai3.50
Suriya5.04
Sukran6.17
Budhan7.30

Night

Chandra8.43
Sani9.30
Guru10.17
Sevvai11.04
Suriya11.50
Sukran12.37
Budhan1.24
Chandra2.11
Sani2.57
Guru3.44
Sevvai4.31
Suriya5.18

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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