Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
16
Wednesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
1
Budhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 10.46 pm, then Ashtami
Sathayamtill 2.03 pm, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.56–1.16
Yamagandammorning 8.01–9.20
Kuligaimorning 10.38–11.57
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.42–8.01evening 5.11–6.52

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, 1.47 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 1.47 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 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

1.47–5.11 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.42–8.01 am; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.01–9.20 am
10.38–11.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.35 am–12.18 pm
11.56 am–1.16 pm
8.50–10.33 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 9.14 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.42 am
Sunset5.11 pm
Moonrise11.30 am
Moonset11.27 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 10.46 pm 40–09 nazhigaiAshtami
Sathayam, till 2.03 pm 18–20 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vajra Yogam, till 1.47 pm caution 17–39 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.08 am 8–35 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 10.46 pm 40–09 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.48 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.12–7.56 amA favourable window
8.01–9.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.38–11.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.35 am–12.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–1.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.50–10.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.42
Dhanam28.01
Sugam39.20
Soram10.38
Visham11.56
Uthi41.16
Amirtham2.34
Rogam3.52

Night

Uthi5.11
Amirtham6.53
Rogam8.33
Labam510.16
Dhanam11.57
Sugam1.39
Soram3.20
Visham5.01

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 2.03 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
Vrischika6.42 am6.48 am
Dhanu6.48 am8.52 am
Makara8.52 am10.36 am
Kumbha10.36 am12.05 pm
Meena12.05 pm1.32 pm
Mesha1.32 pm3.09 pm
Vrishabha3.09 pm5.05 pm
Mithuna5.05 pm7.20 pm
Kataka7.20 pm9.38 pm
Simha9.38 pm11.54 pm
Kanya11.54 pm2.08 am
Tula2.08 am4.26 am
Vrischika4.26 am6.43 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.42
Chandra7.35
Sani8.27
Guru9.20
Sevvai10.12
Suriya11.04
Sukran11.57
Budhan12.49
Chandra1.41
Sani2.34
Guru3.26
Sevvai4.19

Night

Suriya5.11
Sukran6.19
Budhan7.26
Chandra8.34
Sani9.42
Guru10.49
Sevvai11.57
Suriya1.05
Sukran2.12
Budhan3.20
Chandra4.28
Sani5.35

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 9.14 am

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