Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
17
Thursday
Parabhava
Margazhi
1
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 2 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 4.57 am (next day), then Navami
Poorattathitill 9.01 pm, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.06–4.58
Yamagandammorning 5.52–7.44
Kuligaimorning 9.34–11.26
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.44 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.49–8.40night 12.08–1.16 (after midnight)

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, 4.58 pm to 6.51 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.43 pm; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 5.50 pm Friday.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. 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

4.58–6.51 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.47–1.45 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
6.49–8.40 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.52–7.44 am
9.34–11.26 am, what begins now is said to repeat
3.06–4.58 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 2.44 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 2.44 pm, until Saturday 9.29 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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
Sunset8.40 pm
Moonrise1.13 pm
Moonset1.16 am (next day)
SunDhanu 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 4.57 am (next day) 57–39 nazhigaiNavami
Poorattathi, till 9.01 pm 37–51 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Siddhi Yogam, till 6.52 pm 32–28 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.43 pm caution 27–05 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.57 am (next day) 57–39 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.39–5.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.52–7.44 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.34–11.26 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.32–2.13 pmA favourable window
12.47–1.45 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.06–4.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.52
Sugam27.44
Soram9.34
Uthi311.26
Amirtham41.17
Visham3.06
Rogam4.57
Labam56.49

Night

Amirtham8.40
Visham9.48
Rogam10.57
Labam12.08
Dhanam1.17
Sugam2.26
Soram3.34
Uthi4.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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 am5.55 am
Dhanu5.55 am8.12 am
Makara8.12 am10.41 am
Kumbha10.41 am1.09 pm
Meena1.09 pm3.36 pm
Mesha3.36 pm6.05 pm
Vrishabha6.05 pm8.29 pm
Mithuna8.29 pm10.31 pm
Kataka10.31 pm12.04 am
Simha12.04 am1.21 am
Kanya1.21 am2.35 am
Tula2.35 am4.01 am
Vrischika4.01 am5.51 am
Dhanu5.51 am5.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.52
Sevvai7.06
Suriya8.20
Sukran9.34
Budhan10.48
Chandra12.02
Sani1.16
Guru2.30
Sevvai3.44
Suriya4.58
Sukran6.12
Budhan7.26

Night

Chandra8.40
Sani9.26
Guru10.12
Sevvai10.58
Suriya11.44
Sukran12.30
Budhan1.16
Chandra2.02
Sani2.48
Guru3.35
Sevvai4.21
Suriya5.07

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until 2.44 pm

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