December 2026

Tuesday

Parabhava

Margazhi

Sevvai

Valarpirai

Chaturdasitill 11.18 pm, then Pournami

Rohinitill 8.27 pm, then Mirugaseeridam

Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.33–4.34

Yamagandammorning 11.36–12.36

Kuligaiafternoon 1.35–2.35

ChandrashtamamUntil 6.57 am (next day): Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 4.34–5.33night 7.34–9.33

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, 9.37 am to 11.12 am 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

9.37–11.12 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

12.36–1.23 pmShort clear window

1.20–1.50 pm; Tyajyam and Kuligai also run

2.48–3.33 pmShort clear window

4.34–5.33 pmShort clear window

4.34–5.33 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

11.12–11.45 am

11.36 am–12.36 pm

1.23–2.48 pm

1.35–2.35 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

3.33–4.34 pm

11.58 pm–1.04 am, in the evening

1.19–2.44 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.57 am

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

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 6.57 am, until Friday 6.04 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunset5.33 pm

Moonrise3.53 pm

MoonsetAfter sunrise on Wednesday

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 23 December: Pournami.

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
	Sevvai (Tuesday)
	Chaturdasi, till 11.18 pm 34–10 nazhigai	Pournami
	Rohini, till 8.27 pm 27–03 nazhigai	Mirugaseeridam
	Sadhya Yogam, till 10.02 am 1–02 nazhigai Shubha Yogam, till 5.46 am (next day) 50–20 nazhigai	Shukla Yogam
	Gara Karanam, till 1.08 pm 8–47 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 11.18 pm 34–10 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 9.24 am (next day) caution 59–25 nazhigai
	Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

Window	Time	Traditional use
	7.29–8.33 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	11.12–11.45 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.36 am–12.36 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.20–1.50 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.23–2.48 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.35–2.35 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	3.33–4.34 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.38–7.02 pm	A favourable window
	11.58 pm–1.04 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.19–2.44 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam9.37

Labam¹10.37

Dhanam²11.37

Sugam³12.36

Soram1.35

Uthi⁴2.35

Visham3.33

Amirtham4.34

Night

Soram5.33

Uthi7.34

Visham9.33

Amirtham⁵11.35

Rogam1.35

Labam3.36

Dhanam5.37

Sugam7.38

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Dhanu	9.37 am	11.11 am
Makara	11.11 am	12.26 pm
Kumbha	12.26 pm	1.21 pm
Meena	1.21 pm	2.13 pm
Mesha	2.13 pm	3.18 pm
Vrishabha	3.18 pm	4.56 pm
Mithuna	4.56 pm	7.19 pm
Kataka	7.19 pm	10.07 pm
Simha	10.07 pm	12.56 am
Kanya	12.56 am	3.45 am
Tula	3.45 am	6.35 am
Vrischika	6.35 am	9.11 am
Dhanu	9.11 am	9.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai9.37

Suriya10.17

Sukran10.57

Budhan11.36

Chandra12.16

Sani12.55

Guru1.35

Sevvai2.15

Suriya2.54

Sukran3.34

Budhan4.13

Chandra4.53

Night

Sani5.33

Guru6.53

Sevvai8.13

Suriya9.34

Sukran10.54

Budhan12.15

Chandra1.35

Sani2.56

Guru4.16

Sevvai5.37

Suriya6.57

Sukran8.17

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk