Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
7
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 7.53 am, then Chaturdasi
Visakamtill 9.18 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 7.41–9.32
Yamagandammorning 11.21–1.12
Kuligaiafternoon 3.01–4.52
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.45 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.51–7.41evening 8.32–9.41

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.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 1.17 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.46 pm. 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

5.51–7.41 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.43–1.40 pm; Yamagandam, Atiganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

7.41–9.32 am
11.21 am–1.12 pm
1.40–2.40 pm
3.01–4.52 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.37–5.36 pm
1.43–3.29 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.45 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 2.45 pm, until Thursday 2.31 am

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

Sunrise5.51 am
Sunset8.32 pm
Moonrise4.46 am (next day)
Moonset7.03 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Tuesday 8 December: Amavasai.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Trayodasi, till 7.53 am 5–04 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Visakam, till 9.18 pm 38–38 nazhigaiAnusham
Atiganda Yogam, till 1.17 pm caution 18–35 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.53 am 5–04 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.46 pm caution 37–16 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.13 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.21 am–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.43 am–1.27 pmA favourable window
12.43–1.40 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.40–2.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.01–4.52 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.37–5.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.43–3.29 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.51
Visham7.41
Rogam9.31
Labam211.22
Dhanam31.12
Sugam43.02
Soram4.51
Uthi56.42

Night

Sugam8.32
Soram9.41
Uthi10.52
Amirtham12.02
Visham1.11
Rogam2.21
Labam3.32
Dhanam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Vrischika5.51 am6.34 am
Dhanu6.34 am8.52 am
Makara8.52 am11.20 am
Kumbha11.20 am1.48 pm
Meena1.48 pm4.15 pm
Mesha4.15 pm6.45 pm
Vrishabha6.45 pm9.08 pm
Mithuna9.08 pm11.10 pm
Kataka11.10 pm12.44 am
Simha12.44 am2.00 am
Kanya2.00 am3.15 am
Tula3.15 am4.40 am
Vrischika4.40 am5.51 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.51
Sani7.04
Guru8.18
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.45
Sukran11.58
Budhan1.12
Chandra2.25
Sani3.38
Guru4.52
Sevvai6.05
Suriya7.19

Night

Sukran8.32
Budhan9.19
Chandra10.05
Sani10.52
Guru11.38
Sevvai12.25
Suriya1.12
Sukran1.58
Budhan2.45
Chandra3.31
Sani4.18
Guru5.04

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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