Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
25
Friday
Parabhava
Margazhi
10
Velli
Theypirai
Dwitiyaitill 12.56 pm, then Tritiyai
Punarpoosamtill 12.20 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.48–11.58
Yamagandamafternoon 2.17–3.27
Kuligaimorning 8.28–9.39
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.27–4.37night 6.27–7.27

Computed for Edison, in US Eastern time (EST). 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, 11.58 am to 2.17 pm 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 Edison

Computed for Edison, 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

11.58 am–2.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.19–8.28 amClear of every caution
9.39–10.48 amClear of every caution
11.40 am–12.16 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
3.27–4.37 pmClear of every caution
3.27–4.37 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.28–9.39 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.48–11.58 am
2.17–3.27 pm
7.27–8.54 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 7.35 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.19 am
Sunset4.37 pm
Moonrise6.44 pm
Moonset8.53 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 7.03 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 26 December: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Edison 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
Velli (Friday)
Dwitiyai, till 12.56 pm 14–03 nazhigaiTritiyai
Punarpoosam, till 12.20 pm 12–33 nazhigaiPoosam
Indra Yogam, till 5.47 pm 26–08 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 12.56 pm 14–03 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.13 pm 39–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.28–9.39 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.14–11.38 am
4.01–5.26 am		A favourable window
10.48–11.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.17–3.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.27–8.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.19
Soram8.28
Uthi9.39
Visham10.48
Amirtham11.58
Rogam1.07
Labam12.18
Dhanam3.27

Night

Rogam4.37
Labam26.27
Dhanam38.18
Sugam10.08
Soram11.57
Uthi1.49
Visham3.38
Amirtham5.30

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 12.20 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
Dhanu7.19 am8.44 am
Makara8.44 am10.14 am
Kumbha10.14 am11.28 am
Meena11.28 am12.38 pm
Mesha12.38 pm2.00 pm
Vrishabha2.00 pm3.49 pm
Mithuna3.49 pm6.07 pm
Kataka6.07 pm8.38 pm
Simha8.38 pm11.10 pm
Kanya11.10 pm1.41 am
Tula1.41 am4.13 am
Vrischika4.13 am6.39 am
Dhanu6.39 am7.19 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.19
Budhan8.06
Chandra8.52
Sani9.38
Guru10.25
Sevvai11.11
Suriya11.58
Sukran12.44
Budhan1.31
Chandra2.17
Sani3.04
Guru3.50

Night

Sevvai4.37
Suriya5.50
Sukran7.04
Budhan8.17
Chandra9.31
Sani10.44
Guru11.58
Sevvai1.12
Suriya2.25
Sukran3.39
Budhan4.52
Chandra6.06

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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