Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
16
Wednesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
1
Budhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 11.16 am, then Ashtami
Poorattathitill 4.01 am (next day), then Uthirattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.46–12.55
Yamagandammorning 8.20–9.29
Kuligaimorning 10.37–11.47
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.44 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.12–8.20evening 4.21–6.12

Computed for Chicago, in US Central 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, 7.12 am to 8.20 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.43 pm.

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 Chicago

Computed for Chicago, 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

7.12–8.20 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.12–8.20 am, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.20–9.29 am
9.20–11.03 am
10.37–11.47 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.27 am–12.05 pm
11.46 am–12.55 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.44 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 9.44 pm, until Saturday 4.29 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset4.21 pm
Moonrise11.38 am
Moonset11.43 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Chicago's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Chicago 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 11.16 am 10–12 nazhigaiAshtami
Poorattathi, till 4.01 am (next day) 52–02 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Siddhi Yogam, till 1.52 am (next day) 46–39 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.16 am 10–12 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.43 pm caution 41–17 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.13–6.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.20–9.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.20–11.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.37–11.47 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.27 am–12.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.32–9.13 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.12
Dhanam18.21
Sugam29.29
Soram10.37
Visham11.46
Uthi312.55
Amirtham42.04
Rogam3.12

Night

Uthi4.21
Amirtham6.13
Rogam8.03
Labam9.56
Dhanam11.47
Sugam1.38
Soram3.29
Visham5.20

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Vrischika7.12 am7.16 am
Dhanu7.16 am9.16 am
Makara9.16 am10.45 am
Kumbha10.45 am11.56 am
Meena11.56 am1.04 pm
Mesha1.04 pm2.25 pm
Vrishabha2.25 pm4.12 pm
Mithuna4.12 pm6.31 pm
Kataka6.31 pm9.04 pm
Simha9.04 pm11.38 pm
Kanya11.38 pm2.11 am
Tula2.11 am4.45 am
Vrischika4.45 am7.12 am
Dhanu7.12 am7.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.12
Chandra7.57
Sani8.43
Guru9.29
Sevvai10.15
Suriya11.00
Sukran11.46
Budhan12.32
Chandra1.18
Sani2.04
Guru2.49
Sevvai3.35

Night

Suriya4.21
Sukran5.35
Budhan6.49
Chandra8.04
Sani9.18
Guru10.32
Sevvai11.47
Suriya1.01
Sukran2.15
Budhan3.29
Chandra4.44
Sani5.58

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 9.44 pm

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