Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
7
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 6.43 pm, then Amavasai
Visakamtill 6.18 am, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.19–8.48
Yamagandammorning 10.15–11.45
Kuligaiafternoon 1.12–2.41
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.09–5.37night 8.41–10.12

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 3.16 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Georgetown

Computed for Georgetown, 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

3.16–5.37 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.52–7.19 amClear of every caution
8.48–10.15 amClear of every caution
11.21 am–12.07 pm; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
12.55–1.12 pmShort clear window
4.09–5.37 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.19–8.48 am
10.15–11.45 am
10.43 am–12.29 pm
12.07–12.55 pm
1.12–2.41 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.28–3.16 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 11.31 am

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

Sunrise5.52 am
Sunset5.37 pm
Moonrise5.29 am (next day)
Moonset4.27 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonVrischika 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 Georgetown's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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 6.43 pm 32–08 nazhigaiAmavasai
Visakam, till 6.18 am 1–07 nazhigaiAnusham
Sukarma Yogam, till 10.37 pm 41–52 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 6.43 pm 32–08 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.14–5.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.19–8.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.15–11.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.43 am–12.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.21 am–12.07 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.07–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.12–2.41 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.28–3.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.19–11.04 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.52
Visham7.19
Rogam8.47
Labam110.16
Dhanam211.45
Sugam31.13
Soram2.40
Uthi4.09

Night

Sugam5.37
Soram7.08
Uthi8.41
Amirtham10.13
Visham11.44
Rogam1.16
Labam2.49
Dhanam4.21

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 6.18 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
Vrischika5.52 am6.34 am
Dhanu6.34 am8.43 am
Makara8.43 am10.40 am
Kumbha10.40 am12.27 pm
Meena12.27 pm2.12 pm
Mesha2.12 pm4.04 pm
Vrishabha4.04 pm6.09 pm
Mithuna6.09 pm8.19 pm
Kataka8.19 pm10.25 pm
Simha10.25 pm12.23 am
Kanya12.23 am2.19 am
Tula2.19 am4.21 am
Vrischika4.21 am5.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.52
Sani6.50
Guru7.49
Sevvai8.48
Suriya9.47
Sukran10.45
Budhan11.44
Chandra12.43
Sani1.42
Guru2.40
Sevvai3.39
Suriya4.38

Night

Sukran5.37
Budhan6.38
Chandra7.39
Sani8.41
Guru9.42
Sevvai10.43
Suriya11.44
Sukran12.46
Budhan1.47
Chandra2.48
Sani3.49
Guru4.51

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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