Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
15
Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
29
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Shashtitill 9.20 pm, then Saptami
Avittamtill 11.53 am, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sashti Viratham · Subrahmanya Sashti

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.00–4.30
Yamagandammorning 9.00–10.30
Kuligaiafternoon 12.00–1.30
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Kumbakonam. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.23 am to 8.40 am is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 1.47 pm Wednesday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Kumbakonam

Computed for Kumbakonam, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

6.23–8.40 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.45–8.45 am; Durmuhurtham also runs
10.42 am–12.07 pmClear of every caution
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.45 am–12.30 pm; Kuligai also runs
4.45–5.45 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

8.40–9.27 am
9.14–10.42 am (printed 9–10.30)
12.07–1.34 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 12–1.30)
2.59–4.27 pm (printed 3–4.30)
7.44–9.29 pm, in the evening
10.52–11.43 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 9.14 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

Sunrise6.23 am
Sunset5.52 pm
Moonrise10.58 am
Moonset10.56 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Sashti Viratham

Subrahmanya Sashti

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kumbakonam 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Shashti, till 9.20 pm 37–23 nazhigaiSaptami
Avittam, till 11.53 am 13–46 nazhigaiSathayam
Harshana Yogam, till 1.38 pm 18–08 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.22 am 4–59 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 9.20 pm 37–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.43–5.32 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.40–9.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.14–10.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.45 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.07–1.34 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.59–4.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.44–9.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.52–11.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.12–7.56 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.23
Labam17.49
Dhanam29.15
Sugam10.42
Soram12.07
Uthi31.34
Visham2.59
Amirtham44.27

Night

Soram5.52
Uthi57.27
Visham9.00
Amirtham610.34
Rogam12.07
Labam1.42
Dhanam3.16
Sugam4.50

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 11.53 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
Vrischika6.23 am6.32 am
Dhanu6.32 am8.39 am
Makara8.39 am10.34 am
Kumbha10.34 am12.17 pm
Meena12.17 pm1.59 pm
Mesha1.59 pm3.48 pm
Vrishabha3.48 pm5.51 pm
Mithuna5.51 pm8.03 pm
Kataka8.03 pm10.11 pm
Simha10.11 pm12.12 am
Kanya12.12 am2.11 am
Tula2.11 am4.17 am
Vrischika4.17 am6.23 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.23
Suriya7.20
Sukran8.18
Budhan9.15
Chandra10.12
Sani11.10
Guru12.07
Sevvai1.05
Suriya2.02
Sukran3.00
Budhan3.57
Chandra4.55

Night

Sani5.52
Guru6.55
Sevvai7.57
Suriya9.00
Sukran10.03
Budhan11.05
Chandra12.08
Sani1.10
Guru2.13
Sevvai3.15
Suriya4.18
Sukran5.20

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 9.14 am

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