December 2026

Sunday

Parabhava

Margazhi

Nyayiru

Valarpirai

Ekadasitill 8.15 pm, then Dwadasi

Ashwinitill 2.56 pm, then Bharani

Vaikunta Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.54–5.13

Yamagandammorning 11.58–1.18

Kuligaiafternoon 2.35–3.55

ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 6.45–8.03evening 5.13–6.54

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, 8.11 am to 9.18 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 8.11 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.16 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

8.11–9.18 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

6.45–8.03 am; Parigha Yogam also runs

11.38 am–12.19 pm; Tyajyam, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

11.06 am–12.39 pm

11.58 am–1.18 pm

2.35–3.55 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

3.48–4.31 pm

3.54–5.13 pm

11.49 pm–1.19 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.37 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.45 am

Sunset5.13 pm

Moonrise1.43 pm

Moonset3.27 am (next day)

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Vaikunta Ekadasi, the gate of Vaikuntam opens at dawn.

Monday 21 December: Pradosham.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Nyayiru (Sunday)
	Ekadasi, till 8.15 pm 33–45 nazhigai	Dwadasi
	Ashwini, till 2.56 pm 20–28 nazhigai	Bharani
	Parigha Yogam, till 8.11 am caution 3–34 nazhigai Shiva Yogam, till 5.07 am (next day) 55–56 nazhigai	Siddha Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 9.18 am 6–24 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 8.16 pm caution 33–45 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.57–5.50 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	8.03–9.34 am	A favourable window
	11.06 am–12.39 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.38 am–12.19 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	11.58 am–1.18 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	2.35–3.55 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	3.48–4.31 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	3.54–5.13 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.49 pm–1.19 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi¹6.45

Amirtham²8.04

Rogam9.21

Labam³10.41

Dhanam⁴11.59

Sugam⁵1.18

Soram2.35

Visham3.54

Night

Dhanam5.13

Sugam6.55

Soram8.35

Visham10.17

Uthi⁶11.59

Amirtham1.41

Rogam3.22

Labam5.04

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 2.56 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

5128

1202

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

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Dhanu	6.45 am	8.36 am
Makara	8.36 am	10.20 am
Kumbha	10.20 am	11.49 am
Meena	11.49 am	1.16 pm
Mesha	1.16 pm	2.53 pm
Vrishabha	2.53 pm	4.50 pm
Mithuna	4.50 pm	7.04 pm
Kataka	7.04 pm	9.23 pm
Simha	9.23 pm	11.38 pm
Kanya	11.38 pm	1.52 am
Tula	1.52 am	4.10 am
Vrischika	4.10 am	6.28 am
Dhanu	6.28 am	6.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.45

Sukran7.37

Budhan8.29

Chandra9.22

Sani10.14

Guru11.06

Sevvai11.59

Suriya12.51

Sukran1.43

Budhan2.36

Chandra3.28

Sani4.20

Night

Guru5.13

Sevvai6.20

Suriya7.28

Sukran8.36

Budhan9.43

Chandra10.51

Sani11.59

Guru1.07

Sevvai2.14

Suriya3.22

Sukran4.30

Budhan5.37

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery