Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
22, Amavasai
Sevvai
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.43 am, then Amavasai
Anushamtill 11.46 pm, then Kettai
Siddha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamevening 4.52–6.43
Yamagandammorning 9.31–11.22
Kuligaiafternoon 1.11–3.03
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.43–8.33night 9.43–10.52

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

For anything new, 5.51 am to 8.47 am is the best of the day.

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

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

5.51–8.47 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.22 am–1.11 pmClear of every caution
12.43–1.41 pm; Kuligai also runs
3.03–4.52 pmClear of every caution
6.43–8.33 pmClear of every caution
6.43–8.33 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.47–9.47 am
9.31–11.22 am
1.11–3.03 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.52–6.43 pm
12.16–12.54 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

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
Sunset8.33 pm
Moonrise5.29 am (next day)
Moonset8.03 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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)
Chaturdasi, till 9.43 am 9–40 nazhigaiAmavasai
Anusham, till 11.46 pm 44–49 nazhigaiKettai
Sukarma Yogam, till 1.37 pm 19–24 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.43 am 9–40 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 10.45 pm 42–16 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.13 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.47–9.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.31–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.19–2.04 pmA favourable window
12.43–1.41 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.11–3.03 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.52–6.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.16–12.54 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.51
Labam17.42
Dhanam29.32
Sugam11.22
Soram1.11
Uthi3.03
Visham4.52
Amirtham6.43

Night

Soram8.33
Uthi9.43
Visham10.52
Amirtham312.03
Rogam1.11
Labam2.22
Dhanam3.32
Sugam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Anurādhā

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 am6.31 am
Dhanu6.31 am8.48 am
Makara8.48 am11.16 am
Kumbha11.16 am1.44 pm
Meena1.44 pm4.12 pm
Mesha4.12 pm6.41 pm
Vrishabha6.41 pm9.04 pm
Mithuna9.04 pm11.06 pm
Kataka11.06 pm12.40 am
Simha12.40 am1.57 am
Kanya1.57 am3.11 am
Tula3.11 am4.36 am
Vrischika4.36 am5.51 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.51
Suriya7.04
Sukran8.18
Budhan9.31
Chandra10.45
Sani11.58
Guru1.12
Sevvai2.25
Suriya3.39
Sukran4.52
Budhan6.06
Chandra7.20

Night

Sani8.33
Guru9.20
Sevvai10.06
Suriya10.52
Sukran11.39
Budhan12.25
Chandra1.12
Sani1.58
Guru2.45
Sevvai3.31
Suriya4.18
Sukran5.04

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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