Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
18
Friday
Parabhava
Margazhi
3
Velli

Valarpirai
Navamitill 11.45 am, then Dasami
Revathitill 4.28 am (next day), then Ashwini
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.33–1.33
Yamagandamafternoon 3.31–4.32
Kuligaimorning 10.34–11.35
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.29 am (next day): Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.35–10.34night 7.32–9.32

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, 1.33 pm to 3.31 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 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

1.33–3.31 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.35–10.34 amShort clear window
9.35–10.34 am, inside the clear stretch
11.35 am–12.33 pmShort clear window
1.18–1.48 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs

Avoid

10.34–11.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat
12.33–1.33 pm
3.31–4.32 pm
4.34–6.10 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 4.29 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 4.29 am, until Monday 7.07 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise9.35 am
Sunset5.31 pm
Moonrise1.54 pm
Moonset4.09 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 19 December: Vaikunta 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

LimbThis dayThen
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 11.45 am 5–24 nazhigaiDasami
Revathi, till 4.28 am (next day) 47–11 nazhigaiAshwini
Variyan Yogam, till 11.05 pm 33–44 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.45 am 5–24 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 11.19 pm 34–18 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
7.27–8.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
10.34–11.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.33–1.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.18–1.48 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.31–4.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.34–6.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.06–3.40 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam9.35
Soram10.34
Uthi11.35
Visham12.33
Amirtham1.33
Rogam2.32
Labam13.32
Dhanam24.32

Night

Rogam5.31
Labam7.32
Dhanam9.33
Sugam11.33
Soram1.33
Uthi3.34
Visham5.34
Amirtham7.36

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 · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Revatī

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
Dhanu9.35 am11.27 am
Makara11.27 am12.42 pm
Kumbha12.42 pm1.37 pm
Meena1.37 pm2.29 pm
Mesha2.29 pm3.34 pm
Vrishabha3.34 pm5.12 pm
Mithuna5.12 pm7.35 pm
Kataka7.35 pm10.23 pm
Simha10.23 pm1.12 am
Kanya1.12 am4.01 am
Tula4.01 am6.51 am
Vrischika6.51 am9.27 am
Dhanu9.27 am9.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran9.35
Budhan10.15
Chandra10.54
Sani11.34
Guru12.14
Sevvai12.53
Suriya1.33
Sukran2.13
Budhan2.52
Chandra3.32
Sani4.12
Guru4.51

Night

Sevvai5.31
Suriya6.51
Sukran8.12
Budhan9.32
Chandra10.52
Sani12.13
Guru1.33
Sevvai2.54
Suriya4.14
Sukran5.35
Budhan6.55
Chandra8.15

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Saturday 4.29 am

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