Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
16
Wednesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
30
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 1 on this day. Here Margazhi begins a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 4.16 am (next day), then Ashtami
Sathayamtill 7.33 pm, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.15–3.07
Yamagandammorning 7.43–9.34
Kuligaimorning 11.24–1.16
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.52–7.43evening 8.39–9.48

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, 7.17 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 7.17 pm.

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

7.17–8.39 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.52–7.43 am; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.43–9.34 am
11.24 am–1.16 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.46–1.46 pm
1.15–3.07 pm
2.20–4.03 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.44 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

Sunrise5.52 am
Sunset8.39 pm
Moonrise12.12 pm
Moonset12.53 am (next day)
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKumbha 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 4.16 am (next day) 56–00 nazhigaiAshtami
Sathayam, till 7.33 pm 34–11 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vajra Yogam, till 7.17 pm caution 33–30 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 3.38 pm 24–25 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 4.16 am (next day) 56–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.39–5.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.43–9.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.24 am–1.16 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.42 am–1.26 pmA favourable window
12.46–1.46 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.15–3.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.20–4.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.52
Dhanam27.44
Sugam39.34
Soram11.24
Visham1.15
Uthi43.07
Amirtham54.58
Rogam6.48

Night

Uthi8.39
Amirtham9.49
Rogam10.57
Labam12.07
Dhanam61.16
Sugam72.25
Soram3.34
Visham4.43

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 7.33 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 am5.59 am
Dhanu5.59 am8.16 am
Makara8.16 am10.45 am
Kumbha10.45 am1.13 pm
Meena1.13 pm3.40 pm
Mesha3.40 pm6.09 pm
Vrishabha6.09 pm8.33 pm
Mithuna8.33 pm10.34 pm
Kataka10.34 pm12.08 am
Simha12.08 am1.25 am
Kanya1.25 am2.39 am
Tula2.39 am4.05 am
Vrischika4.05 am5.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.52
Chandra7.06
Sani8.20
Guru9.34
Sevvai10.48
Suriya12.02
Sukran1.16
Budhan2.30
Chandra3.43
Sani4.57
Guru6.11
Sevvai7.25

Night

Suriya8.39
Sukran9.25
Budhan10.11
Chandra10.57
Sani11.44
Guru12.30
Sevvai1.16
Suriya2.02
Sukran2.48
Budhan3.34
Chandra4.20
Sani5.06

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 2.44 pm

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