December 2026

Thursday

Parabhava

Karthigai

Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 17 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai

Dasamitill 11.34 am, then Ekadasi

Hasthamtill 10.53 pm, then Chithirai

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.27–3.29

Yamagandammorning 9.20–10.22

Kuligaimorning 11.23–12.25

ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters

SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 10.22–11.23evening 5.32–7.30

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (CST). 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, 3.29 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.35 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Calgary

Computed for Calgary, 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

3.29–5.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

10.22–11.23 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

12.25–2.27 pmClear of every caution

1.10–1.42 pm

Avoid

9.20–10.22 am

11.23 am–12.25 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

2.27–3.29 pm

7.21–9.04 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 11.33 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise9.20 am

Sunset5.32 pm

Moonrise5.01 am (next day)

Moonset2.38 pm

SunVrischika Rasi

MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 4 December: Ekadasi.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Calgary's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Viyazhan (Thursday)
	Dasami, till 11.34 am 5–34 nazhigai	Ekadasi
	Hastham, till 10.53 pm 33–50 nazhigai	Chithirai
	Ayushman Yogam, till 8.54 pm 28–52 nazhigai	Saubhagya Yogam
	Bhadra Karanam, till 11.35 am caution 5–34 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 11.51 pm 36–16 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

Window	Time	Traditional use
	7.14–8.16 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	9.20–10.22 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.23 am–12.25 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	1.10–1.42 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	2.27–3.29 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	4.39–6.18 pm	A favourable window
	7.21–9.04 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam¹9.20

Sugam²10.22

Soram11.23

Uthi12.25

Amirtham1.27

Visham2.27

Rogam3.28

Labam4.31

Night

Amirtham5.32

Visham7.30

Rogam9.29

Labam11.28

Dhanam1.27

Sugam3.26

Soram5.24

Uthi³7.23

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Guru Vāsara · Hasta

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948

2083

5128

1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Vrischika	9.20 am	10.30 am
Dhanu	10.30 am	12.26 pm
Makara	12.26 pm	1.41 pm
Kumbha	1.41 pm	2.36 pm
Meena	2.36 pm	3.28 pm
Mesha	3.28 pm	4.33 pm
Vrishabha	4.33 pm	6.11 pm
Mithuna	6.11 pm	8.34 pm
Kataka	8.34 pm	11.21 pm
Simha	11.21 pm	2.11 am
Kanya	2.11 am	5.00 am
Tula	5.00 am	7.50 am
Vrischika	7.50 am	9.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru9.20

Sevvai10.01

Suriya10.42

Sukran11.23

Budhan12.04

Chandra12.45

Sani1.26

Guru2.07

Sevvai2.48

Suriya3.29

Sukran4.10

Budhan4.51

Night

Chandra5.32

Sani6.51

Guru8.10

Sevvai9.29

Suriya10.48

Sukran12.08

Budhan1.27

Chandra2.46

Sani4.05

Guru5.24

Sevvai6.43

Suriya8.02

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil