Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
8
Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
23, Amavasai
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 22 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 4.52 pm, then Prathamai
Kettaitill 7.31 am (next day), then Moolam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.09–3.14
Yamagandammorning 9.52–10.57
Kuligaiafternoon 12.00–1.05
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.31 am (next day): Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.05–2.09night 6.14–8.09

Computed for Bellevue, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 7.44 am to 9.26 am is the best of the day.

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

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Bellevue

Computed for Bellevue, 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

7.44–9.26 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.44 am–12.17 pm; Tyajyam and Kuligai also run
1.05–2.09 pmClear of every caution
1.05–2.09 pm, inside the clear stretch
3.14–4.18 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.26–10.01 am
9.52–10.57 am
11.00 am–12.48 pm
12.00–1.05 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.09–3.14 pm
10.28–11.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 7.31 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 7.31 am, until Friday 8.22 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise7.44 am
Sunset4.18 pm
Moonrise8.04 am
Moonset3.31 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Bellevue 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Amavasai, till 4.52 pm 22–49 nazhigaiPrathamai
Kettai, till 7.31 am (next day) 59–25 nazhigaiMoolam
Dhriti Yogam, till 7.10 pm 28–34 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 4.52 pm 22–49 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 6.02 am (next day) 55–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.41–6.42 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.26–10.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.52–10.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.00 am–12.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.44 am–12.17 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.00–1.05 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.09–3.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.29 pmA favourable window
10.28–11.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.44
Labam18.49
Dhanam29.53
Sugam310.57
Soram12.00
Uthi1.05
Visham2.09
Amirtham3.14

Night

Soram4.18
Uthi6.14
Visham8.09
Amirtham410.06
Rogam12.01
Labam1.58
Dhanam3.54
Sugam5.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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
Vrischika7.44 am8.27 am
Dhanu8.27 am10.24 am
Makara10.24 am11.45 am
Kumbha11.45 am12.47 pm
Meena12.47 pm1.46 pm
Mesha1.46 pm2.58 pm
Vrishabha2.58 pm4.40 pm
Mithuna4.40 pm7.01 pm
Kataka7.01 pm9.42 pm
Simha9.42 pm12.25 am
Kanya12.25 am3.08 am
Tula3.08 am5.51 am
Vrischika5.51 am7.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.44
Suriya8.27
Sukran9.09
Budhan9.52
Chandra10.35
Sani11.18
Guru12.01
Sevvai12.44
Suriya1.26
Sukran2.09
Budhan2.52
Chandra3.35

Night

Sani4.18
Guru5.35
Sevvai6.52
Suriya8.09
Sukran9.27
Budhan10.44
Chandra12.01
Sani1.19
Guru2.36
Sevvai3.53
Suriya5.10
Sukran6.28

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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