Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
23
Wednesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
8, Pournami
Budhan
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 5.28 pm, then Prathamai
Mirugaseeridamtill 3.23 pm, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.08–1.12
Yamagandammorning 8.58–10.02
Kuligaimorning 11.04–12.09
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.55–8.58evening 4.21–6.17

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

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 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

1.12–4.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.55–8.58 amClear of every caution
7.55–8.58 am, inside the clear stretch
10.02–11.04 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.58–10.02 am
11.04 am–12.09 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.51 am–12.25 pm
12.08–1.12 pm
10.42 pm–12.06 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 4.04 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise7.55 am
Sunset4.21 pm
Moonrise3.54 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Thursday
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi, from 4.56 am

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

Thursday 24 December: Arudra Darshanam.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Pournami, till 5.28 pm 23–53 nazhigaiPrathamai
Mirugaseeridam, till 3.23 pm 18–41 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Shukla Yogam, till 11.21 pm 38–36 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 5.28 pm 23–53 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 3.32 am (next day) 49–03 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.51–6.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.43–9.06 am
3.35–4.58 am		A favourable window
8.58–10.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.04 am–12.09 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.51 am–12.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.08–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.42 pm–12.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.55
Dhanam18.59
Sugam10.02
Soram11.04
Visham12.08
Uthi1.12
Amirtham2.15
Rogam3.17

Night

Uthi4.21
Amirtham6.18
Rogam8.14
Labam210.12
Dhanam12.09
Sugam2.05
Soram4.01
Visham5.58

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Saumya Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 3.23 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
Dhanu7.55 am9.25 am
Makara9.25 am10.46 am
Kumbha10.46 am11.48 am
Meena11.48 am12.47 pm
Mesha12.47 pm1.59 pm
Vrishabha1.59 pm3.41 pm
Mithuna3.41 pm6.02 pm
Kataka6.02 pm8.43 pm
Simha8.43 pm11.26 pm
Kanya11.26 pm2.09 am
Tula2.09 am4.52 am
Vrischika4.52 am7.24 am
Dhanu7.24 am7.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.55
Chandra8.37
Sani9.19
Guru10.01
Sevvai10.44
Suriya11.26
Sukran12.08
Budhan12.50
Chandra1.32
Sani2.15
Guru2.57
Sevvai3.39

Night

Suriya4.21
Sukran5.39
Budhan6.57
Chandra8.15
Sani9.33
Guru10.50
Sevvai12.08
Suriya1.26
Sukran2.44
Budhan4.02
Chandra5.20
Sani6.37

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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