Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
20
Sunday
Parabhava
Margazhi
5
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 2.45 pm, then Dwadasi
Ashwinitill 9.26 am, then Bharani

Vaikunta Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.57–3.56
Yamagandamafternoon 12.05–1.03
Kuligaiafternoon 2.00–2.58
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.15–9.12afternoon 3.56–5.57

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.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 2.46 pm. 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

8.15–9.12 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.50 am–12.20 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

12.05–1.03 pm
2.00–2.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.53–3.25 pm
2.57–3.56 pm
6.19–7.49 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 1.07 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise8.15 am
Sunset3.55 pm
Moonrise12.52 pm
Moonset5.12 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Vaikunta Ekadasi, the gate of Vaikuntam opens at dawn.

Monday 21 December: Pradosham.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Ekadasi, till 2.45 pm 16–15 nazhigaiDwadasi
Ashwini, till 9.26 am 2–57 nazhigai
Bharani, till 7.39 am (next day) 58–29 nazhigai		Karthigai
Shiva Yogam, till 11.37 pm 38–25 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.46 pm caution 16–15 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.31 am (next day) 43–09 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.05–7.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
11.50 am–12.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.05–1.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.00–2.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.53–3.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.57–3.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.19–7.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.13–4.41 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi18.15
Amirtham29.13
Rogam10.10
Labam311.08
Dhanam412.06
Sugam51.03
Soram2.00
Visham2.57

Night

Dhanam63.55
Sugam75.58
Soram8.00
Visham10.02
Uthi12.06
Amirtham2.08
Rogam4.10
Labam6.13

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Rahu Kalam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 9.26 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
Dhanu8.15 am9.58 am
Makara9.58 am11.10 am
Kumbha11.10 am12.02 pm
Meena12.02 pm12.51 pm
Mesha12.51 pm1.53 pm
Vrishabha1.53 pm3.29 pm
Mithuna3.29 pm5.53 pm
Kataka5.53 pm8.43 pm
Simha8.43 pm11.36 pm
Kanya11.36 pm2.28 am
Tula2.28 am5.21 am
Vrischika5.21 am7.59 am
Dhanu7.59 am8.16 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya8.15
Sukran8.53
Budhan9.32
Chandra10.10
Sani10.48
Guru11.27
Sevvai12.05
Suriya12.43
Sukran1.22
Budhan2.00
Chandra2.39
Sani3.17

Night

Guru3.55
Sevvai5.17
Suriya6.39
Sukran8.00
Budhan9.22
Chandra10.44
Sani12.05
Guru1.27
Sevvai2.49
Suriya4.10
Sukran5.32
Budhan6.54

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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