Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
20
Sunday
Parabhava
Margazhi
5
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.45 am, then Dwadasi
Bharanitill 3.39 am (next day), then Karthigai

Vaikunta Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 4.14–5.43
Yamagandammorning 11.50–1.19
Kuligaiafternoon 2.46–4.15
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.58–7.26evening 5.43–7.14

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, 10.46 am to 11.50 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.46 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 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

10.46–11.50 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.58–7.26 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.27 am–12.13 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.19–2.19 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

11.50 am–1.19 pm
2.19–3.49 pm
2.46–4.15 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.08–4.56 pm
4.14–5.43 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.07 am

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

Sunrise5.58 am
Sunset5.42 pm
Moonrise2.25 pm
Moonset3.07 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 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Ekadasi, till 10.45 am 11–57 nazhigaiDwadasi
Bharani, till 3.39 am (next day) 54–11 nazhigaiKarthigai
Shiva Yogam, till 7.37 pm 34–08 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.46 am caution 11–57 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.31 pm 38–51 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.20–5.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
11.27 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.50 am–1.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.19–3.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.46–4.15 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.08–4.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.14–5.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.13 pm–12.41 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.58
Amirtham27.27
Rogam8.54
Labam310.23
Dhanam411.51
Sugam51.19
Soram2.46
Visham4.14

Night

Dhanam65.42
Sugam7.15
Soram8.46
Visham10.18
Uthi11.51
Amirtham1.23
Rogam2.54
Labam4.27

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Rahu Kalam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Bharaṇī

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
Dhanu5.58 am7.51 am
Makara7.51 am9.49 am
Kumbha9.49 am11.36 am
Meena11.36 am1.21 pm
Mesha1.21 pm3.13 pm
Vrishabha3.13 pm5.18 pm
Mithuna5.18 pm7.28 pm
Kataka7.28 pm9.34 pm
Simha9.34 pm11.31 pm
Kanya11.31 pm1.28 am
Tula1.28 am3.30 am
Vrischika3.30 am5.39 am
Dhanu5.39 am5.59 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.58
Sukran6.57
Budhan7.56
Chandra8.54
Sani9.53
Guru10.52
Sevvai11.50
Suriya12.49
Sukran1.48
Budhan2.46
Chandra3.45
Sani4.44

Night

Guru5.42
Sevvai6.44
Suriya7.45
Sukran8.46
Budhan9.48
Chandra10.49
Sani11.51
Guru12.52
Sevvai1.53
Suriya2.55
Sukran3.56
Budhan4.57

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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