Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
19
Saturday
Parabhava
Margazhi
3
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 4 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 3.40 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Revathitill 9.28 pm, then Ashwini
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.35–11.27
Yamagandamafternoon 3.08–4.59
Kuligaimorning 5.53–7.45
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.29 pm: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.50–8.41night 9.50–10.59

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, 11.27 am to 3.08 pm is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 1.41 pm Sunday.

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

11.27 am–3.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.52–9.34 amClear of every caution
12.48–1.46 pm
6.50–8.41 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.53–7.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.53–7.52 am
9.34–11.10 am
9.35–11.27 am
3.08–4.59 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.29 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 9.29 pm, until Tuesday 12.07 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.53 am
Sunset8.41 pm
Moonrise3.23 pm
Moonset2.08 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 20 December: Vaikunta Ekadasi.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 3.40 am (next day) 54–26 nazhigaiEkadasi
Revathi, till 9.28 pm 38–57 nazhigaiAshwini
Variyan Yogam, till 4.05 pm 25–29 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 4.19 pm 26–04 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 3.40 am (next day) 54–26 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.53–7.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.53–7.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.34–11.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.35–11.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.48–1.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.08–4.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.06–8.40 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.53
Uthi17.45
Visham9.35
Amirtham11.27
Rogam1.17
Labam23.08
Dhanam34.59
Sugam46.50

Night

Labam8.41
Dhanam9.50
Sugam11.00
Soram12.08
Uthi1.18
Visham2.26
Amirtham3.36
Soram4.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Revatī

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
Dhanu5.53 am8.04 am
Makara8.04 am10.33 am
Kumbha10.33 am1.01 pm
Meena1.01 pm3.28 pm
Mesha3.28 pm5.57 pm
Vrishabha5.57 pm8.21 pm
Mithuna8.21 pm10.23 pm
Kataka10.23 pm11.57 pm
Simha11.57 pm1.13 am
Kanya1.13 am2.27 am
Tula2.27 am3.53 am
Vrischika3.53 am5.43 am
Dhanu5.43 am5.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.53
Guru7.07
Sevvai8.21
Suriya9.35
Sukran10.49
Budhan12.03
Chandra1.17
Sani2.31
Guru3.45
Sevvai4.59
Suriya6.13
Sukran7.27

Night

Budhan8.41
Chandra9.27
Sani10.13
Guru10.59
Sevvai11.45
Suriya12.31
Sukran1.17
Budhan2.03
Chandra2.49
Sani3.35
Guru4.21
Sevvai5.08

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until 9.29 pm

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