Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
24
Thursday
Parabhava
Margazhi
9
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Prathamaitill 9.38 pm, then Dwitiyai
Thiruvathiraitill 8.17 pm, then Punarpoosam
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Arudra Darshanam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.04–2.03
Yamagandammorning 8.17–9.15
Kuligaimorning 10.11–11.10
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.10–12.07afternoon 3.57–5.59

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, 11.10 am to 1.04 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

11.10 am–1.04 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.15–10.11 amShort clear window
11.10 am–12.07 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.52 am–12.22 pm
2.03–3.57 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.17–9.15 am
10.11–11.10 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.04–2.03 pm
6.48–8.13 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.04 pm

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

Sunrise8.17 am
Sunset3.57 pm
Moonrise4.17 pm
Moonset9.03 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Arudra Darshanam, Nataraja's dawn abhishekam; kali is offered.

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)
Prathamai, till 9.38 pm 33–21 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Thiruvathirai, till 8.17 pm 30–01 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Brahma Yogam, till 2.59 am (next day) 46–44 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 11.32 am 8–09 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.38 pm 33–21 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 7.45 am (next day) 58–40 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.07–7.11 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.17–9.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.11–11.10 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.35 am–12.58 pmA favourable window
11.52 am–12.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.04–2.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.48–8.13 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam18.17
Sugam9.15
Soram10.11
Uthi11.10
Amirtham12.08
Visham1.04
Rogam2.02
Labam3.00

Night

Amirtham3.57
Visham5.59
Rogam8.02
Labam10.05
Dhanam12.08
Sugam2.10
Soram4.12
Uthi26.15

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 · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Guru Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Dhanu8.17 am9.42 am
Makara9.42 am10.54 am
Kumbha10.54 am11.46 am
Meena11.46 am12.35 pm
Mesha12.35 pm1.37 pm
Vrishabha1.37 pm3.13 pm
Mithuna3.13 pm5.37 pm
Kataka5.37 pm8.28 pm
Simha8.28 pm11.20 pm
Kanya11.20 pm2.13 am
Tula2.13 am5.06 am
Vrischika5.06 am7.44 am
Dhanu7.44 am8.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru8.17
Sevvai8.55
Suriya9.34
Sukran10.12
Budhan10.50
Chandra11.29
Sani12.07
Guru12.46
Sevvai1.24
Suriya2.02
Sukran2.41
Budhan3.19

Night

Chandra3.57
Sani5.19
Guru6.41
Sevvai8.02
Suriya9.24
Sukran10.46
Budhan12.07
Chandra1.29
Sani2.51
Guru4.12
Sevvai5.34
Suriya6.56

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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