Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
16
Wednesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
1
Budhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 7.16 pm, then Ashtami
Sathayamtill 10.33 am, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.51–1.38
Yamagandammorning 6.34–8.21
Kuligaimorning 10.06–11.52
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 4.49–6.34evening 7.03–8.08

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, 1.38 pm to 5.20 pm is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 10.17 am.

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 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

1.38–5.20 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.49–6.34 am; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.34–8.21 am
10.06–11.52 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.23 am–12.20 pm
11.51 am–1.38 pm
5.20–7.03 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 5.44 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise4.49 am
Sunset6.54 pm
Moonrise11.10 am
Moonset11.36 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 7.16 pm 36–07 nazhigaiAshtami
Sathayam, till 10.33 am 14–18 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vajra Yogam, till 10.17 am caution 13–37 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 6.38 am 4–32 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 7.16 pm 36–07 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.30–4.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.34–8.21 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.06–11.52 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.23 am–12.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–1.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.20–7.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.32–5.13 amA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam14.49
Dhanam26.35
Sugam38.21
Soram10.06
Visham11.51
Uthi1.38
Amirtham3.23
Rogam5.08

Night

Uthi46.54
Amirtham8.09
Rogam9.22
Labam10.38
Dhanam11.52
Sugam1.07
Soram2.20
Visham3.35

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 10.33 am, 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
Vrischika4.49 am4.54 am
Dhanu4.54 am7.09 am
Makara7.09 am9.31 am
Kumbha9.31 am11.49 am
Meena11.49 am2.07 pm
Mesha2.07 pm4.28 pm
Vrishabha4.28 pm6.47 pm
Mithuna6.47 pm8.50 pm
Kataka8.50 pm10.32 pm
Simha10.32 pm11.58 pm
Kanya11.58 pm1.21 am
Tula1.21 am2.56 am
Vrischika2.56 am4.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan4.49
Chandra6.00
Sani7.10
Guru8.20
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.41
Sukran11.52
Budhan1.02
Chandra2.12
Sani3.23
Guru4.33
Sevvai5.43

Night

Suriya6.54
Sukran7.43
Budhan8.33
Chandra9.23
Sani10.12
Guru11.02
Sevvai11.52
Suriya12.41
Sukran1.31
Budhan2.21
Chandra3.10
Sani4.00

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 5.44 am

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