Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
26
Saturday
Parabhava
Margazhi
11
Sani
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 2.36 pm, then Chaturthi
Poosamtill 2.43 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.12–11.11
Yamagandamafternoon 1.05–2.04
Kuligaimorning 8.17–9.16
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.11–12.08afternoon 3.59–6.01

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 2.36 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam runs all day, till 6.53 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

11.11 am–12.08 pm; Bhadra Karanam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run
11.53 am–12.23 pm; Bhadra Karanam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

8.17–9.16 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.17–9.19 am
10.12–11.11 am
1.05–2.04 pm
2.22–3.51 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.35 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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
Sunset3.59 pm
Moonrise7.24 pm
Moonset10.13 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 2.36 pm 15–45 nazhigaiChaturthi
Poosam, till 2.43 pm 16–04 nazhigaiAyilyam
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 6.53 pm caution 26–28 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.36 pm caution 15–45 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.05 am (next day) 42–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.07–7.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.17–9.16 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.17–9.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.01–10.26 amA favourable window
10.12–11.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.53 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.05–2.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.22–3.51 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram8.17
Uthi19.16
Visham10.12
Amirtham211.11
Rogam12.08
Labam31.06
Dhanam42.04
Sugam53.02

Night

Labam3.59
Dhanam6.02
Sugam8.04
Soram10.05
Uthi12.09
Visham2.10
Amirtham4.13
Soram6.15

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Puṣya (Āśleṣā from 2.43 pm, 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
Dhanu8.17 am9.34 am
Makara9.34 am10.46 am
Kumbha10.46 am11.38 am
Meena11.38 am12.27 pm
Mesha12.27 pm1.29 pm
Vrishabha1.29 pm3.05 pm
Mithuna3.05 pm5.29 pm
Kataka5.29 pm8.20 pm
Simha8.20 pm11.13 pm
Kanya11.13 pm2.05 am
Tula2.05 am4.58 am
Vrischika4.58 am7.36 am
Dhanu7.36 am8.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani8.17
Guru8.56
Sevvai9.34
Suriya10.13
Sukran10.51
Budhan11.30
Chandra12.08
Sani12.47
Guru1.25
Sevvai2.04
Suriya2.42
Sukran3.20

Night

Budhan3.59
Chandra5.20
Sani6.42
Guru8.04
Sevvai9.25
Suriya10.47
Sukran12.08
Budhan1.30
Chandra2.51
Sani4.13
Guru5.35
Sevvai6.56

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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