Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
15
Sevvai
Theypirai
Ashtamitill 4.44 am (next day), then Navami
Magamtill 2.31 pm, then Pooram
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.47–6.38
Yamagandammorning 9.30–11.20
Kuligaiafternoon 1.09–2.59
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.20–1.09night 9.38–10.29

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEDT). 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.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 5.46 pm; Vishkambha Yogam runs till 4.02 pm 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 Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

11.20 am–1.09 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
12.41–1.38 pm; Kuligai and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

8.46–9.46 am
9.30–11.20 am
1.09–2.59 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.47–6.38 pm
10.29 pm–12.05 am, in the evening
12.12–12.51 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 8.30 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.52 am
Sunset8.27 pm
Moonrise1.56 am (next day)
Moonset12.42 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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)
Ashtami, till 4.44 am (next day) 57–12 nazhigaiNavami
Magam, till 2.31 pm 21–38 nazhigaiPooram
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 5.46 pm caution 29–44 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 5.09 pm 28–13 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.44 am (next day) 57–12 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.46–9.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.30–11.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.12–1.44 pmA favourable window
12.41–1.38 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.09–2.59 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.47–6.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.29 pm–12.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.12–12.51 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.52
Labam17.42
Dhanam29.31
Sugam311.20
Soram1.09
Uthi42.59
Visham4.47
Amirtham56.38

Night

Soram8.27
Uthi69.38
Visham10.47
Amirtham711.59
Rogam1.09
Labam2.20
Dhanam3.31
Sugam4.41

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 2.31 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
2083
5128
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Vrischika5.52 am6.58 am
Dhanu6.58 am9.15 am
Makara9.15 am11.44 am
Kumbha11.44 am2.12 pm
Meena2.12 pm4.39 pm
Mesha4.39 pm7.08 pm
Vrishabha7.08 pm9.32 pm
Mithuna9.32 pm11.33 pm
Kataka11.33 pm1.07 am
Simha1.07 am2.24 am
Kanya2.24 am3.38 am
Tula3.38 am5.04 am
Vrischika5.04 am5.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.52
Suriya7.05
Sukran8.18
Budhan9.30
Chandra10.43
Sani11.56
Guru1.09
Sevvai2.22
Suriya3.35
Sukran4.48
Budhan6.01
Chandra7.14

Night

Sani8.27
Guru9.14
Sevvai10.01
Suriya10.48
Sukran11.35
Budhan12.22
Chandra1.09
Sani1.56
Guru2.43
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.17
Sukran5.04

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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