Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
21
Monday
Parabhava
Margazhi
6
Thingal

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 2.54 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Karthigaitill 11.16 pm, then Rohini
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 10.36–11.36
Yamagandamafternoon 12.35–1.35
Kuligaiafternoon 2.33–3.34
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.37–10.36evening 5.32–7.32

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, 3.58 pm to sunset 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

3.58–5.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.37–10.36 amShort clear window
9.37–10.36 am, inside the clear stretch
11.36 am–12.27 pmShort clear window
1.19–1.50 pm; Tyajyam and Yamagandam also run
2.23–2.33 pmShort clear window

Avoid

10.36–11.36 am
12.27–1.54 pm
12.35–1.35 pm
1.50–2.23 pm
2.33–3.34 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.25–3.58 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.57 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise9.37 am
Sunset5.32 pm
Moonrise3.06 pm
Moonset8.27 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi, from 7.06 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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)
Trayodasi, till 2.54 am (next day) 43–12 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Karthigai, till 11.16 pm 34–06 nazhigaiRohini
Siddha Yogam, till 2.02 pm 11–03 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.34 pm 17–23 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 2.54 am (next day) 43–12 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
7.29–8.32 amPrayer, meditation, study
10.36–11.36 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–1.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.35–1.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.19–1.50 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.50–2.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.33–3.34 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.25–3.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.07–10.32 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham9.37
Visham10.36
Rogam11.35
Labam112.36
Dhanam21.35
Sugam32.34
Soram3.33
Uthi4.33

Night

Sugam5.32
Soram7.32
Uthi9.34
Amirtham11.35
Visham1.34
Rogam3.35
Labam5.37
Dhanam7.37

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Kṛttikā

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
Dhanu9.37 am11.15 am
Makara11.15 am12.30 pm
Kumbha12.30 pm1.25 pm
Meena1.25 pm2.17 pm
Mesha2.17 pm3.22 pm
Vrishabha3.22 pm5.00 pm
Mithuna5.00 pm7.23 pm
Kataka7.23 pm10.11 pm
Simha10.11 pm1.00 am
Kanya1.00 am3.49 am
Tula3.49 am6.39 am
Vrischika6.39 am9.15 am
Dhanu9.15 am9.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra9.37
Sani10.17
Guru10.56
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.15
Sukran12.55
Budhan1.35
Chandra2.14
Sani2.54
Guru3.33
Sevvai4.13
Suriya4.52

Night

Sukran5.32
Budhan6.53
Chandra8.13
Sani9.33
Guru10.54
Sevvai12.14
Suriya1.35
Sukran2.55
Budhan4.16
Chandra5.36
Sani6.57
Guru8.17

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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