Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
20
Sunday
Parabhava
Margazhi
5
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 5.45 pm, then Dwadasi
Ashwinitill 12.26 pm, then Bharani

Vaikunta Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.29–4.49
Yamagandammorning 11.31–12.51
Kuligaiafternoon 2.09–3.30
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.14–7.33evening 4.49–6.29

Computed for Doha, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 6.14 am to 6.48 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.46 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 Doha

Computed for Doha, 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

6.14–6.48 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.14–7.33 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.11–11.52 am; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.36–10.09 am
11.31 am–12.51 pm
2.09–3.30 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.23–4.07 pm
3.29–4.49 pm
9.19–10.49 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 4.07 pm

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

Sunrise6.14 am
Sunset4.49 pm
Moonrise1.21 pm
Moonset3.03 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Vaikunta Ekadasi, the gate of Vaikuntam opens at dawn.

Monday 21 December: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Ekadasi, till 5.45 pm 28–47 nazhigaiDwadasi
Ashwini, till 12.26 pm 15–29 nazhigaiBharani
Shiva Yogam, till 2.37 am (next day) 50–57 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.48 am 1–26 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.46 pm caution 28–47 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.31 am (next day) 55–41 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.27–5.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.33–7.04 am
6.13–7.41 am		A favourable window
8.36–10.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.11–11.52 amWidely used for beginnings
11.31 am–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.09–3.30 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.23–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.29–4.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.19–10.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.14
Amirtham27.34
Rogam8.52
Labam310.13
Dhanam411.32
Sugam512.51
Soram2.09
Visham3.29

Night

Dhanam4.49
Sugam6.30
Soram8.10
Visham9.50
Uthi11.32
Amirtham1.13
Rogam2.53
Labam4.34

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 12.26 pm, computed)

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
Dhanu6.14 am8.06 am
Makara8.06 am9.50 am
Kumbha9.50 am11.21 am
Meena11.21 am12.50 pm
Mesha12.50 pm2.28 pm
Vrishabha2.28 pm4.25 pm
Mithuna4.25 pm6.39 pm
Kataka6.39 pm8.57 pm
Simha8.57 pm11.11 pm
Kanya11.11 pm1.24 am
Tula1.24 am3.40 am
Vrischika3.40 am5.57 am
Dhanu5.57 am6.15 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.14
Sukran7.07
Budhan8.00
Chandra8.53
Sani9.46
Guru10.39
Sevvai11.31
Suriya12.24
Sukran1.17
Budhan2.10
Chandra3.03
Sani3.56

Night

Guru4.49
Sevvai5.56
Suriya7.03
Sukran8.10
Budhan9.17
Chandra10.24
Sani11.32
Guru12.39
Sevvai1.46
Suriya2.53
Sukran4.00
Budhan5.08

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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