December 2026

Thursday

Parabhava

Margazhi

Viyazhan

Valarpirai

Ashtamitill 11.27 pm, then Navami

Poorattathitill 3.31 pm, then Uthirattathi

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00

Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30

Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30

ChandrashtamamUntil 9.14 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter

Keezhnokku Naaldownward day

SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil

Nalla Neram

morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 10.30–11.30evening 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, 11.13 am to 1.21 pm is the best of the day, with the Nalla Neram of 12.15–1.15 pm inside it.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.13 am; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 12.20 pm Friday.

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 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

11.13 am–1.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

10.45–11.45 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

11.46 am–12.31 pm

12.15–1.15 pm, inside the clear stretch

6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

6.24–7.50 am (printed 6–7.30)

9.16–10.43 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)

1.34–3.01 pm (printed 1.30–3)

1.22–3.02 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 9.14 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 9.14 am, until Saturday 3.59 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.24 am

Sunset5.53 pm

Moonrise12.12 pm

Moonset12.29 am (next day)

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Viyazhan (Thursday)
	Ashtami, till 11.27 pm 42–36 nazhigai	Navami
	Poorattathi, till 3.31 pm 22–48 nazhigai	Uthirattathi
	Siddhi Yogam, till 1.22 pm 17–25 nazhigai	Vyatipata Yogam
	Bhadra Karanam, till 11.13 am caution 12–02 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 11.27 pm 42–36 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.44–5.33 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	6.24–7.50 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.02–8.43 am	A favourable window
	9.16–10.43 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.46 am–12.31 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.34–3.01 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.22–3.02 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam¹6.24

Sugam²7.50

Soram9.16

Uthi³10.43

Amirtham⁴12.09

Visham1.34

Rogam3.00

Labam⁵4.28

Night

Amirtham5.53

Visham7.27

Rogam9.00

Labam10.35

Dhanam⁶12.09

Sugam⁷1.43

Soram3.16

Uthi4.51

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 3.31 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

5128

1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Vrischika	6.24 am	6.24 am
Dhanu	6.24 am	8.31 am
Makara	8.31 am	10.26 am
Kumbha	10.26 am	12.09 pm
Meena	12.09 pm	1.51 pm
Mesha	1.51 pm	3.41 pm
Vrishabha	3.41 pm	5.44 pm
Mithuna	5.44 pm	7.55 pm
Kataka	7.55 pm	10.03 pm
Simha	10.03 pm	12.04 am
Kanya	12.04 am	2.04 am
Tula	2.04 am	4.09 am
Vrischika	4.09 am	6.20 am
Dhanu	6.20 am	6.24 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.24

Sevvai7.21

Suriya8.19

Sukran9.16

Budhan10.13

Chandra11.11

Sani12.08

Guru1.06

Sevvai2.03

Suriya3.01

Sukran3.58

Budhan4.56

Night

Chandra5.53

Sani6.56

Guru7.58

Sevvai9.01

Suriya10.04

Sukran11.06

Budhan12.09

Chandra1.11

Sani2.14

Guru3.16

Sevvai4.19

Suriya5.22

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

Also

	A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
	South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
	In force all day, until 9.14 am