Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
15
Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
30
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 29 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.


Valarpirai
Shashtitill 7.50 am, then Saptami
Sathayamtill 12.33 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.16–3.32
Yamagandammorning 9.19–10.34
Kuligaimorning 11.48–1.03
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.34–11.48night 6.32–8.17

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PST). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vajra Yogam runs all day, till 12.17 am Wednesday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

10.34–11.48 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
11.29 am–12.08 pm; Kuligai and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

6.14–7.59 am, from before sunrise
8.49–9.30 am
9.19–10.34 am
11.48 am–1.03 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.16–3.32 pm
10.23–11.21 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 7.44 pm

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

Sunrise6.51 am
Sunset4.45 pm
Moonrise11.15 am
Moonset10.51 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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 7.50 am 2–27 nazhigaiSaptami
Sathayam, till 12.33 am (next day) 44–13 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vajra Yogam, till 12.17 am (next day) caution 43–32 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 7.50 am 2–27 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 8.38 pm 34–28 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.59–5.54 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.14–7.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.49–9.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.19–10.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.29 am–12.08 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.48 am–1.03 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.16–3.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.42–6.26 pmA favourable window
10.23–11.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.51
Labam18.06
Dhanam29.20
Sugam310.34
Soram11.48
Uthi41.03
Visham2.16
Amirtham53.32

Night

Soram4.45
Uthi6.32
Visham8.17
Amirtham610.03
Rogam11.48
Labam1.35
Dhanam3.21
Sugam5.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Vrischika6.51 am6.58 am
Dhanu6.58 am9.01 am
Makara9.01 am10.39 am
Kumbha10.39 am12.00 pm
Meena12.00 pm1.19 pm
Mesha1.19 pm2.49 pm
Vrishabha2.49 pm4.41 pm
Mithuna4.41 pm6.57 pm
Kataka6.57 pm9.22 pm
Simha9.22 pm11.46 pm
Kanya11.46 pm2.08 am
Tula2.08 am4.33 am
Vrischika4.33 am6.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.51
Suriya7.41
Sukran8.30
Budhan9.20
Chandra10.09
Sani10.59
Guru11.48
Sevvai12.38
Suriya1.27
Sukran2.17
Budhan3.06
Chandra3.56

Night

Sani4.45
Guru5.56
Sevvai7.06
Suriya8.17
Sukran9.28
Budhan10.38
Chandra11.49
Sani12.59
Guru2.10
Sevvai3.20
Suriya4.31
Sukran5.41

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 7.44 pm

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