Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
13
Sunday
Parabhava
Karthigai
27
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 10.18 pm, then Panchami
Uthiradamtill 11.42 am, then Thiruvonam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.46–8.37
Yamagandamafternoon 1.14–3.05
Kuligaievening 4.55–6.47
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.51–7.42evening 8.37–9.46

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 8.58 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.19 pm; Vyaghata Yogam runs till 6.35 pm Monday.

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

5.51–8.58 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.51–7.42 am, inside the clear stretch
12.45–1.43 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

1.14–3.05 pm
4.12–6.01 pm
4.55–6.47 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.38–7.38 pm
6.46–8.37 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 4.06 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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
Sunset8.37 pm
Moonrise9.12 am
Moonset11.39 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMakara 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 10.18 pm 41–06 nazhigaiPanchami
Uthiradam, till 11.42 am 14–37 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Dhruva Yogam, till 5.45 pm 29–43 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.58 am 7–47 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.19 pm caution 41–06 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.29–6.16 am
3.01–4.48 am		A favourable window
4.38–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.45–1.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.14–3.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.12–6.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.55–6.47 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.38–7.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.46–8.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi5.51
Amirtham17.43
Rogam9.32
Labam211.24
Dhanam31.15
Sugam43.05
Soram4.55
Visham6.46

Night

Dhanam8.37
Sugam9.47
Soram10.55
Visham12.04
Uthi1.15
Amirtham2.24
Rogam3.32
Labam4.43

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā (Śravaṇa from 11.42 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
Vrischika5.51 am6.11 am
Dhanu6.11 am8.28 am
Makara8.28 am10.57 am
Kumbha10.57 am1.25 pm
Meena1.25 pm3.52 pm
Mesha3.52 pm6.21 pm
Vrishabha6.21 pm8.45 pm
Mithuna8.45 pm10.46 pm
Kataka10.46 pm12.20 am
Simha12.20 am1.37 am
Kanya1.37 am2.51 am
Tula2.51 am4.17 am
Vrischika4.17 am5.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.51
Sukran7.05
Budhan8.19
Chandra9.33
Sani10.47
Guru12.00
Sevvai1.14
Suriya2.28
Sukran3.42
Budhan4.56
Chandra6.09
Sani7.23

Night

Guru8.37
Sevvai9.23
Suriya10.09
Sukran10.56
Budhan11.42
Chandra12.28
Sani1.14
Guru2.01
Sevvai2.47
Suriya3.33
Sukran4.19
Budhan5.05

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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