Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
12
Saturday
Parabhava
Karthigai
27
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 26 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.


Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 3.18 am (next day), then Panchami
Uthiradamtill 4.42 pm, then Thiruvonam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.55–10.59
Yamagandamafternoon 1.06–2.11
Kuligaimorning 7.48–8.52
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.14–4.18night 6.14–8.10

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, 10.59 am to 1.06 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.19 am Sunday.

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


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

10.59 am–1.06 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.56–9.55 amShort clear window
11.46 am–12.19 pm
3.14–4.18 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.48–8.52 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.48–8.56 am
9.55–10.59 am
1.06–2.11 pm
9.12–11.01 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.06 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise7.48 am
Sunset4.18 pm
Moonrise10.48 am
Moonset7.33 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturthi, till 3.18 am (next day) 48–44 nazhigaiPanchami
Uthiradam, till 4.42 pm 22–16 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Dhruva Yogam, till 10.45 pm 37–22 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 1.58 pm 15–26 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.19 am (next day) caution 48–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.44–6.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.48–8.52 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.48–8.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.29–11.16 amA favourable window
9.55–10.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.06–2.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.12–11.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.48
Uthi18.52
Visham9.55
Amirtham10.59
Rogam12.02
Labam21.07
Dhanam32.11
Sugam43.14

Night

Labam4.18
Dhanam6.14
Sugam58.11
Soram10.06
Uthi12.04
Visham1.59
Amirtham3.56
Soram5.52

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Sthira Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Vrischika7.48 am8.11 am
Dhanu8.11 am10.08 am
Makara10.08 am11.30 am
Kumbha11.30 am12.31 pm
Meena12.31 pm1.30 pm
Mesha1.30 pm2.42 pm
Vrishabha2.42 pm4.24 pm
Mithuna4.24 pm6.45 pm
Kataka6.45 pm9.27 pm
Simha9.27 pm12.09 am
Kanya12.09 am2.52 am
Tula2.52 am5.35 am
Vrischika5.35 am7.49 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.48
Guru8.30
Sevvai9.13
Suriya9.55
Sukran10.38
Budhan11.20
Chandra12.03
Sani12.45
Guru1.28
Sevvai2.10
Suriya2.53
Sukran3.35

Night

Budhan4.18
Chandra5.35
Sani6.53
Guru8.10
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.45
Sukran12.03
Budhan1.21
Chandra2.38
Sani3.56
Guru5.13
Sevvai6.31

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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