Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
14
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
29
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 28 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Valarpirai
Shashtitill 9.50 am (next day), then Saptami
Avittamtill 12.23 am (next day), then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.31–11.32
Yamagandamafternoon 12.31–1.32
Kuligaiafternoon 2.30–3.31
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.06 am: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.32–10.31evening 5.30–7.30

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, 3.55 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

3.55–5.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.32–10.31 amShort clear window
9.32–10.31 am, inside the clear stretch
11.32 am–12.31 pmShort clear window
1.16–1.46 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.32–1.46 pmShort clear window
2.19–2.30 pmShort clear window

Avoid

10.31–11.32 am
12.31–1.32 pm
1.46–2.19 pm
2.30–3.31 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.22–3.55 pm
8.14–9.59 am, early Tuesday

Chandrashtamam

until 11.06 am

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 11.06 am, until Wednesday 9.44 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise9.32 am
Sunset5.30 pm
Moonrise1.04 pm
Moonset11.09 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
Thingal (Monday)
Shashti, till 9.50 am (next day) 60–42 nazhigaiSaptami
Avittam, till 12.23 am (next day) 37–06 nazhigaiSathayam
Harshana Yogam, till 2.08 am (next day) 41–28 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.52 pm 28–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
7.24–8.28 amPrayer, meditation, study
10.31–11.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.31–1.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.50–2.36 pmA favourable window
1.16–1.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.46–2.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.30–3.31 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.22–3.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.14–9.59 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham9.32
Visham10.31
Rogam11.31
Labam112.32
Dhanam21.32
Sugam32.31
Soram3.30
Uthi4.31

Night

Sugam5.30
Soram7.30
Uthi9.31
Amirtham11.32
Visham1.31
Rogam3.31
Labam5.33
Dhanam47.33

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Indu Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Vrischika9.32 am9.47 am
Dhanu9.47 am11.42 am
Makara11.42 am12.57 pm
Kumbha12.57 pm1.52 pm
Meena1.52 pm2.45 pm
Mesha2.45 pm3.50 pm
Vrishabha3.50 pm5.28 pm
Mithuna5.28 pm7.51 pm
Kataka7.51 pm10.38 pm
Simha10.38 pm1.28 am
Kanya1.28 am4.17 am
Tula4.17 am7.07 am
Vrischika7.07 am9.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra9.32
Sani10.12
Guru10.52
Sevvai11.32
Suriya12.11
Sukran12.51
Budhan1.31
Chandra2.11
Sani2.51
Guru3.30
Sevvai4.10
Suriya4.50

Night

Sukran5.30
Budhan6.50
Chandra8.10
Sani9.31
Guru10.51
Sevvai12.11
Suriya1.31
Sukran2.52
Budhan4.12
Chandra5.32
Sani6.52
Guru8.13

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force from 11.05 am, until Monday 9.44 pm

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