Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
6
Sunday
Parabhava
Karthigai
20
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 2.23 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Swathitill 1.38 pm, then Visakam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.49–5.09
Yamagandammorning 11.52–1.12
Kuligaiafternoon 2.30–3.50
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.36–7.54evening 5.09–6.49

Computed for Ayodhya. 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, 6.36 am to 7.41 am is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 7.47 am Monday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Ayodhya

Computed for Ayodhya, 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

6.36–7.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.36–7.54 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
11.31 am–12.13 pm; Yamagandam and Atiganda Yogam also run

Avoid

11.52 am–1.12 pm
2.30–3.50 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.43–4.27 pm
3.49–5.09 pm
7.44–9.30 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.15 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.36 am
Sunset5.08 pm
Moonrise5.06 am (next day)
Moonset2.55 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Monday 7 December: Masa Sivaratri.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Ayodhya's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Ayodhya 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Trayodasi, till 2.23 am (next day) 49–25 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Swathi, till 1.38 pm 17–36 nazhigaiVisakam
Shobhana Yogam, till 7.42 am 2–45 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 1.35 pm 17–27 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.23 am (next day) 49–25 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.49–5.42 amPrayer, meditation, study
11.31 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.52 am–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.30–3.50 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.43–4.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.44–9.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.13–7.57 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.36
Amirtham27.55
Rogam9.13
Labam310.33
Dhanam411.53
Sugam51.12
Soram2.30
Visham3.49

Night

Dhanam65.08
Sugam76.50
Soram8.30
Visham10.11
Uthi11.53
Amirtham1.34
Rogam3.14
Labam4.56

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 1.38 pm, 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
Vrischika6.36 am7.27 am
Dhanu7.27 am9.31 am
Makara9.31 am11.15 am
Kumbha11.15 am12.44 pm
Meena12.44 pm2.11 pm
Mesha2.11 pm3.48 pm
Vrishabha3.48 pm5.45 pm
Mithuna5.45 pm7.59 pm
Kataka7.59 pm10.18 pm
Simha10.18 pm12.33 am
Kanya12.33 am2.47 am
Tula2.47 am5.05 am
Vrischika5.05 am6.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.36
Sukran7.29
Budhan8.21
Chandra9.14
Sani10.07
Guru10.59
Sevvai11.52
Suriya12.45
Sukran1.37
Budhan2.30
Chandra3.23
Sani4.16

Night

Guru5.08
Sevvai6.16
Suriya7.23
Sukran8.30
Budhan9.38
Chandra10.45
Sani11.52
Guru1.00
Sevvai2.07
Suriya3.14
Sukran4.22
Budhan5.29

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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