Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
20
Sunday
Parabhava
Margazhi
4
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 5 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.


Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 1.45 am (next day), then Dwadasi
Ashwinitill 8.26 pm, then Bharani

Vaikunta Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 6.50–8.42
Yamagandamafternoon 1.17–3.09
Kuligaievening 4.59–6.51
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.54–7.44evening 8.42–9.50

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 1.41 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.46 am Monday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

5.54–7.44 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
12.48–1.47 pm; Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

1.17–3.09 pm
4.36–6.09 pm
4.59–6.51 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.43–7.43 pm
6.50–8.42 pm
5.19–6.49 am, early Monday

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise5.54 am
Sunset8.41 pm
Moonrise4.33 pm
Moonset2.41 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Vaikunta Ekadasi, the gate of Vaikuntam opens at dawn.

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)
Ekadasi, till 1.45 am (next day) 49–38 nazhigaiDwadasi
Ashwini, till 8.26 pm 36–20 nazhigaiBharani
Parigha Yogam, till 1.41 pm caution 19–26 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 2.48 pm 22–17 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.46 am (next day) caution 49–38 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.48–1.47 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.17–3.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.33–3.04 pmA favourable window
4.36–6.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.59–6.51 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.43–7.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.50–8.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.19–6.49 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.54
Amirtham27.45
Rogam9.35
Labam311.27
Dhanam41.18
Sugam53.09
Soram4.59
Visham6.50

Night

Dhanam68.41
Sugam9.51
Soram10.59
Visham12.08
Uthi1.18
Amirtham2.27
Rogam3.35
Labam74.45

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 8.26 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
Dhanu5.54 am8.00 am
Makara8.00 am10.29 am
Kumbha10.29 am12.57 pm
Meena12.57 pm3.24 pm
Mesha3.24 pm5.53 pm
Vrishabha5.53 pm8.17 pm
Mithuna8.17 pm10.19 pm
Kataka10.19 pm11.53 pm
Simha11.53 pm1.09 am
Kanya1.09 am2.23 am
Tula2.23 am3.49 am
Vrischika3.49 am5.39 am
Dhanu5.39 am5.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.54
Sukran7.08
Budhan8.22
Chandra9.36
Sani10.50
Guru12.04
Sevvai1.18
Suriya2.32
Sukran3.46
Budhan4.59
Chandra6.13
Sani7.27

Night

Guru8.41
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.14
Sukran11.00
Budhan11.46
Chandra12.32
Sani1.18
Guru2.04
Sevvai2.50
Suriya3.36
Sukran4.22
Budhan5.08

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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