Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
17
Thursday
Parabhava
Margazhi
2
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 5.57 pm, then Navami
Poorattathitill 10.01 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.01–1.59
Yamagandammorning 8.13–9.11
Kuligaimorning 10.08–11.06
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.11–10.08afternoon 3.54–5.56

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (GMT). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs all day, till 6.50 am Friday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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 Birmingham

Computed for Birmingham, 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

9.11–10.08 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
11.49 am–12.18 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.13–9.11 am
10.08–11.06 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.01–1.59 pm
7.52–9.32 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 10.29 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise8.13 am
Sunset3.54 pm
Moonrise12.08 pm
Moonset12.58 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 3.43 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Birmingham 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 5.57 pm 24–18 nazhigaiNavami
Poorattathi, till 10.01 am 4–30 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Vyatipata Yogam, till 6.50 am (next day) caution 56–29 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 5.57 pm 24–18 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 5.57 am (next day) 54–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.03–7.07 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.13–9.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.08–11.06 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.49 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.01–1.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.52–9.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.45–7.23 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam18.13
Sugam29.11
Soram10.08
Uthi311.06
Amirtham412.04
Visham1.01
Rogam1.58
Labam52.57

Night

Amirtham3.54
Visham5.56
Rogam7.59
Labam10.02
Dhanam12.04
Sugam2.07
Soram4.08
Uthi6.12

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 10.01 am, 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
Vrischika8.13 am8.15 am
Dhanu8.15 am10.10 am
Makara10.10 am11.22 am
Kumbha11.22 am12.14 pm
Meena12.14 pm1.03 pm
Mesha1.03 pm2.05 pm
Vrishabha2.05 pm3.41 pm
Mithuna3.41 pm6.05 pm
Kataka6.05 pm8.55 pm
Simha8.55 pm11.48 pm
Kanya11.48 pm2.40 am
Tula2.40 am5.33 am
Vrischika5.33 am8.11 am
Dhanu8.11 am8.14 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru8.13
Sevvai8.51
Suriya9.30
Sukran10.08
Budhan10.47
Chandra11.25
Sani12.04
Guru12.42
Sevvai1.21
Suriya1.59
Sukran2.37
Budhan3.16

Night

Chandra3.54
Sani5.16
Guru6.38
Sevvai7.59
Suriya9.21
Sukran10.42
Budhan12.04
Chandra1.26
Sani2.47
Guru4.09
Sevvai5.30
Suriya6.52

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Saturday 10.29 am

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