Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
18
Friday
Parabhava
Margazhi
3
Velli
Valarpirai
Navamitill 5.45 pm, then Dasami
Uthirattathitill 10.40 am, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.06–12.05
Yamagandamafternoon 1.59–2.57
Kuligaimorning 9.11–10.09
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.57–3.55night 5.58–7.59

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

For anything new, 12.05 pm to 1.59 pm 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 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

12.05–1.59 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.14–9.11 amShort clear window
10.09–11.06 amShort clear window
11.49 am–12.19 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
2.57–3.55 pmShort clear window
2.57–3.55 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

9.11–10.09 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.06 am–12.05 pm
1.59–2.57 pm
10.34 pm–12.10 am, 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

Sunrise8.14 am
Sunset3.55 pm
Moonrise12.19 pm
Moonset2.18 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 5.45 pm 23–47 nazhigaiDasami
Uthirattathi, till 10.40 am 6–07 nazhigaiRevathi
Variyan Yogam, till 5.05 am (next day) 52–07 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 5.45 pm 23–47 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 5.19 am (next day) 52–41 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.04–7.08 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.11–10.09 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.06 am–12.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.49 am–12.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.59–2.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.34 pm–12.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.06–9.40 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam8.14
Soram9.11
Uthi10.09
Visham11.06
Amirtham12.05
Rogam1.01
Labam12.00
Dhanam2.57

Night

Rogam3.55
Labam5.58
Dhanam8.00
Sugam210.02
Soram12.04
Uthi2.07
Visham4.09
Amirtham6.12

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 · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 10.40 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
Dhanu8.14 am10.06 am
Makara10.06 am11.18 am
Kumbha11.18 am12.10 pm
Meena12.10 pm12.59 pm
Mesha12.59 pm2.01 pm
Vrishabha2.01 pm3.37 pm
Mithuna3.37 pm6.01 pm
Kataka6.01 pm8.51 pm
Simha8.51 pm11.44 pm
Kanya11.44 pm2.36 am
Tula2.36 am5.29 am
Vrischika5.29 am8.07 am
Dhanu8.07 am8.14 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran8.14
Budhan8.52
Chandra9.30
Sani10.09
Guru10.47
Sevvai11.26
Suriya12.04
Sukran12.43
Budhan1.21
Chandra1.59
Sani2.38
Guru3.16

Night

Sevvai3.55
Suriya5.16
Sukran6.38
Budhan8.00
Chandra9.21
Sani10.43
Guru12.04
Sevvai1.26
Suriya2.48
Sukran4.09
Budhan5.31
Chandra6.53

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Saturday 10.29 am

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