Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
7
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 5.43 pm, then Amavasai
Anushamtill 7.46 am (next day), then Kettai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.16–9.27
Yamagandammorning 10.37–11.48
Kuligaiafternoon 12.57–2.09
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.06–8.16evening 4.29–6.18

Computed for Jersey City, 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, 2.37 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 Jersey City

Computed for Jersey City, 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

2.37–4.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.06–8.16 amClear of every caution
7.06–8.16 am, inside the clear stretch
9.27–9.43 amShort clear window
11.29 am–12.06 pm; Yamagandam also runs
11.48 am–12.06 pmShort clear window
12.44–12.57 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.16–9.27 am
9.43–11.29 am
10.37–11.48 am
12.06–12.44 pm
12.57–2.09 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.58–2.37 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 10.31 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

Sunrise7.06 am
Sunset4.29 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Tuesday
Moonset3.04 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 Jersey City's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Jersey City 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 5.43 pm 26–31 nazhigaiAmavasai
Anusham, till 7.46 am (next day) 61–38 nazhigaiKettai
Sukarma Yogam, till 9.37 pm 36–15 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 5.43 pm 26–31 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 6.45 am (next day) 59–05 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.10–6.07 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.16–9.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.37–11.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.29 am–12.06 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.06–12.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.57–2.09 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.58–2.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.19–10.04 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.06
Visham8.16
Rogam9.26
Labam110.38
Dhanam211.48
Sugam312.58
Soram2.08
Uthi3.19

Night

Sugam4.29
Soram6.18
Uthi8.09
Amirtham9.59
Visham11.48
Rogam1.37
Labam3.28
Dhanam5.18

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Anurādhā

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
Vrischika7.06 am7.53 am
Dhanu7.53 am9.53 am
Makara9.53 am11.24 am
Kumbha11.24 am12.37 pm
Meena12.37 pm1.47 pm
Mesha1.47 pm3.09 pm
Vrishabha3.09 pm4.57 pm
Mithuna4.57 pm7.15 pm
Kataka7.15 pm9.47 pm
Simha9.47 pm12.19 am
Kanya12.19 am2.50 am
Tula2.50 am5.23 am
Vrischika5.23 am7.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.06
Sani7.53
Guru8.40
Sevvai9.27
Suriya10.14
Sukran11.01
Budhan11.48
Chandra12.34
Sani1.21
Guru2.08
Sevvai2.55
Suriya3.42

Night

Sukran4.29
Budhan5.42
Chandra6.55
Sani8.08
Guru9.22
Sevvai10.35
Suriya11.48
Sukran1.01
Budhan2.14
Chandra3.28
Sani4.41
Guru5.54

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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