Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
7
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 12.43 am (next day), then Amavasai
Visakamtill 12.18 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 6.32–8.18
Yamagandammorning 10.02–11.48
Kuligaiafternoon 1.32–3.18
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.45 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 4.47–6.32evening 6.47–8.02

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 4.00 pm to 4.43 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.46 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Durban

Computed for Durban, 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

4.00–4.43 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.47–6.32 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.20 am–12.15 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
11.48 am–12.15 pmShort clear window
1.12–1.32 pmShort clear window
6.29–6.47 pmShort clear window

Avoid

6.32–8.18 am
10.02–11.48 am
12.15–1.12 pm
1.32–3.18 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.03–4.00 pm
4.43–6.29 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 5.45 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 5.45 am, until Wednesday 5.31 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise4.47 am
Sunset6.47 pm
Moonrise3.59 am (next day)
Moonset5.35 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 8 December: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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)
Chaturdasi, till 12.43 am (next day) 49–49 nazhigaiAmavasai
Visakam, till 12.18 pm 18–47 nazhigaiAnusham
Sukarma Yogam, till 4.37 am (next day) 59–33 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.46 am caution 17–25 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 12.43 am (next day) 49–49 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.28–4.07 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.32–8.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.02–11.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.20 am–12.15 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.15–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.32–3.18 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.03–4.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.43–6.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.19–5.04 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham14.47
Visham6.32
Rogam8.17
Labam210.03
Dhanam311.48
Sugam41.33
Soram3.17
Uthi55.03

Night

Sugam6.47
Soram8.02
Uthi9.18
Amirtham10.33
Visham11.47
Rogam1.02
Labam2.18
Dhanam3.33

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 12.18 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
Vrischika4.47 am5.30 am
Dhanu5.30 am7.45 am
Makara7.45 am10.06 am
Kumbha10.06 am12.25 pm
Meena12.25 pm2.42 pm
Mesha2.42 pm5.03 pm
Vrishabha5.03 pm7.22 pm
Mithuna7.22 pm9.26 pm
Kataka9.26 pm11.07 pm
Simha11.07 pm12.33 am
Kanya12.33 am1.57 am
Tula1.57 am3.31 am
Vrischika3.31 am4.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra4.47
Sani5.57
Guru7.07
Sevvai8.17
Suriya9.27
Sukran10.37
Budhan11.47
Chandra12.57
Sani2.07
Guru3.17
Sevvai4.27
Suriya5.37

Night

Sukran6.47
Budhan7.37
Chandra8.27
Sani9.17
Guru10.07
Sevvai10.57
Suriya11.47
Sukran12.37
Budhan1.27
Chandra2.17
Sani3.07
Guru3.57

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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