Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
12
Saturday
Parabhava
Karthigai
27
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 26 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 5.18 am (next day), then Panchami
Uthiradamtill 6.42 pm, then Thiruvonam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.30–12.31
Yamagandamafternoon 2.29–3.30
Kuligaimorning 9.30–10.31
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.30–5.30night 7.30–9.30

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, 12.31 pm to 2.29 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.19 am Sunday.

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

12.31–2.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.35–11.30 amShort clear window
1.15–1.46 pm
3.30–3.58 pmShort clear window
4.30–5.30 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

9.30–10.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.30–10.35 am
11.30 am–12.31 pm
2.29–3.30 pm
11.12 pm–1.01 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 11.06 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise9.30 am
Sunset5.30 pm
Moonrise12.31 pm
Moonset8.44 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturthi, till 5.18 am (next day) 49–28 nazhigaiPanchami
Uthiradam, till 6.42 pm 22–59 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Dhruva Yogam, till 12.45 am (next day) 38–05 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 3.58 pm 16–09 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.19 am (next day) caution 49–28 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
7.23–8.26 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.30–10.31 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.30–10.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.29 am–1.16 pmA favourable window
11.30 am–12.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.15–1.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.29–3.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.12 pm–1.01 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram9.30
Uthi110.31
Visham11.30
Amirtham12.31
Rogam1.30
Labam22.30
Dhanam33.30
Sugam44.30

Night

Labam5.30
Dhanam7.30
Sugam59.31
Soram11.30
Uthi1.31
Visham3.30
Amirtham5.31
Soram7.31

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Sthira Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Vrischika9.30 am9.55 am
Dhanu9.55 am11.50 am
Makara11.50 am1.05 pm
Kumbha1.05 pm2.00 pm
Meena2.00 pm2.53 pm
Mesha2.53 pm3.58 pm
Vrishabha3.58 pm5.36 pm
Mithuna5.36 pm7.59 pm
Kataka7.59 pm10.46 pm
Simha10.46 pm1.36 am
Kanya1.36 am4.25 am
Tula4.25 am7.15 am
Vrischika7.15 am9.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani9.30
Guru10.10
Sevvai10.50
Suriya11.30
Sukran12.10
Budhan12.50
Chandra1.30
Sani2.10
Guru2.50
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.10
Sukran4.50

Night

Budhan5.30
Chandra6.50
Sani8.10
Guru9.30
Sevvai10.50
Suriya12.10
Sukran1.31
Budhan2.51
Chandra4.11
Sani5.31
Guru6.51
Sevvai8.11

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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