Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
22
Tuesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
7
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 8.54 am, then Chaturdasi
Rohinitill 2.27 am (next day), then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.01–2.59
Yamagandammorning 10.11–11.09
Kuligaiafternoon 12.06–1.04
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.09–12.06night 5.59–7.23

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, 8.16 am to 9.48 am 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

8.16–9.48 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.09 am–12.06 pmShort clear window
11.09 am–12.06 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.51 am–12.21 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.04–2.01 pmShort clear window
2.59–3.56 pmShort clear window

Avoid

9.48–10.19 am
10.11–11.09 am
12.06–1.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.01–2.59 pm
7.23–8.48 pm, in the evening
10.28–11.34 pm, in the evening
7.19–8.44 am, early Wednesday

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.57 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise8.16 am
Sunset3.56 pm
Moonrise1.58 pm
Moonset8.01 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 23 December: Pournami.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 8.54 am 1–36 nazhigai
Chaturdasi, till 5.18 am (next day) 52–33 nazhigai		Pournami
Rohini, till 2.27 am (next day) 45–26 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Sadhya Yogam, till 4.02 pm 19–25 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 8.54 am 1–36 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 7.08 pm 27–10 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 5.18 am (next day) 52–33 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.06–7.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.48–10.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.11–11.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–12.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.06–1.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.01–2.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.23–8.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.28–11.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 pm–1.02 amA favourable window
7.19–8.44 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam8.16
Labam19.14
Dhanam210.12
Sugam11.09
Soram12.06
Uthi1.04
Visham2.01
Amirtham2.59

Night

Soram3.56
Uthi35.59
Visham8.01
Amirtham410.04
Rogam12.06
Labam2.09
Dhanam4.12
Sugam56.14

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Dhanu8.16 am9.50 am
Makara9.50 am11.02 am
Kumbha11.02 am11.54 am
Meena11.54 am12.43 pm
Mesha12.43 pm1.45 pm
Vrishabha1.45 pm3.21 pm
Mithuna3.21 pm5.45 pm
Kataka5.45 pm8.36 pm
Simha8.36 pm11.28 pm
Kanya11.28 pm2.21 am
Tula2.21 am5.13 am
Vrischika5.13 am7.52 am
Dhanu7.52 am8.16 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai8.16
Suriya8.54
Sukran9.33
Budhan10.11
Chandra10.49
Sani11.28
Guru12.06
Sevvai12.44
Suriya1.23
Sukran2.01
Budhan2.40
Chandra3.18

Night

Sani3.56
Guru5.18
Sevvai6.40
Suriya8.01
Sukran9.23
Budhan10.45
Chandra12.06
Sani1.28
Guru2.50
Sevvai4.11
Suriya5.33
Sukran6.55

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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