Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
7
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 10.43 pm, then Amavasai
Visakamtill 10.18 am, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.59–9.59
Yamagandammorning 10.57–11.56
Kuligaiafternoon 12.54–1.54
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.01–8.59evening 4.29–5.52

Computed for Leicester, in UK time (GMT). 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, 9.59 am to 10.57 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.46 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Leicester

Computed for Leicester, 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

9.59–10.57 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.01–8.59 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.41 am–12.11 pm; Yamagandam also runs
11.56 am–12.11 pmShort clear window
12.43–12.54 pmShort clear window
2.17–2.43 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.59–9.59 am
10.57–11.56 am
12.11–12.43 pm
12.54–1.54 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.45–2.17 pm
2.43–4.29 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 3.31 pm

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

Sunrise8.01 am
Sunset3.51 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Tuesday
Moonset2.05 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 3.44 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 8 December: Amavasai.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Leicester's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Leicester 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 10.43 pm 36–44 nazhigaiAmavasai
Visakam, till 10.18 am 5–44 nazhigaiAnusham
Sukarma Yogam, till 2.37 am (next day) 46–28 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.46 am caution 4–21 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 10.43 pm 36–44 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.52–6.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.59–9.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.57–11.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.41 am–12.11 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.11–12.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.54–1.54 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.45–2.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.43–4.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.19–3.04 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham18.01
Visham8.59
Rogam9.58
Labam210.58
Dhanam311.56
Sugam412.55
Soram1.53
Uthi52.53

Night

Sugam63.51
Soram5.52
Uthi7.54
Amirtham9.56
Visham11.56
Rogam1.57
Labam4.00
Dhanam6.01

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 10.18 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
Vrischika8.01 am8.52 am
Dhanu8.52 am10.47 am
Makara10.47 am11.59 am
Kumbha11.59 am12.50 pm
Meena12.50 pm1.39 pm
Mesha1.39 pm2.40 pm
Vrishabha2.40 pm4.16 pm
Mithuna4.16 pm6.40 pm
Kataka6.40 pm9.31 pm
Simha9.31 pm12.24 am
Kanya12.24 am3.17 am
Tula3.17 am6.10 am
Vrischika6.10 am8.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra8.01
Sani8.40
Guru9.19
Sevvai9.58
Suriya10.38
Sukran11.17
Budhan11.56
Chandra12.35
Sani1.14
Guru1.53
Sevvai2.33
Suriya3.12

Night

Sukran3.51
Budhan5.12
Chandra6.33
Sani7.54
Guru9.15
Sevvai10.36
Suriya11.56
Sukran1.17
Budhan2.38
Chandra3.59
Sani5.20
Guru6.41

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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