Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
26
Saturday
Parabhava
Margazhi
10
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 11 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.


Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 1.36 am (next day), then Chaturthi
Poosamtill 1.43 am (next day), then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.38–11.30
Yamagandamafternoon 3.11–5.03
Kuligaimorning 5.57–7.48
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.03–6.53evening 8.44–9.53

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, 7.56 am to 9.38 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 5.53 am Sunday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.36 am 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

7.56–9.38 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.51–1.50 pm; Tyajyam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run
5.03–6.53 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

5.57–7.48 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.57–7.56 am
9.38–11.30 am
11.27 am–12.54 pm
3.11–5.03 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 11.35 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.57 am
Sunset8.44 pm
Moonrise10.56 pm
Moonset7.53 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 27 December: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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)
Tritiyai, till 1.36 am (next day) 49–06 nazhigaiChaturthi
Poosam, till 1.43 am (next day) 49–24 nazhigaiAyilyam
Indra Yogam, till 9.47 am 9–34 nazhigai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 5.53 am (next day) caution 59–48 nazhigai
Vishkambha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 3.13 pm 23–10 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.36 am (next day) caution 49–06 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.44–5.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.57–7.48 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.57–7.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.38–11.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.27 am–12.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.51–1.50 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.11–5.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.01–9.26 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.57
Uthi17.48
Visham9.38
Amirtham211.30
Rogam1.20
Labam33.12
Dhanam45.03
Sugam56.54

Night

Labam8.44
Dhanam9.54
Sugam11.03
Soram12.11
Uthi1.21
Visham2.29
Amirtham3.40
Soram4.48

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Puṣya

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
Dhanu5.57 am7.37 am
Makara7.37 am10.06 am
Kumbha10.06 am12.34 pm
Meena12.34 pm3.01 pm
Mesha3.01 pm5.30 pm
Vrishabha5.30 pm7.54 pm
Mithuna7.54 pm9.55 pm
Kataka9.55 pm11.29 pm
Simha11.29 pm12.46 am
Kanya12.46 am2.00 am
Tula2.00 am3.25 am
Vrischika3.25 am5.16 am
Dhanu5.16 am5.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.57
Guru7.11
Sevvai8.25
Suriya9.39
Sukran10.53
Budhan12.06
Chandra1.20
Sani2.34
Guru3.48
Sevvai5.02
Suriya6.16
Sukran7.30

Night

Budhan8.44
Chandra9.30
Sani10.16
Guru11.02
Sevvai11.49
Suriya12.35
Sukran1.21
Budhan2.07
Chandra2.53
Sani3.39
Guru4.25
Sevvai5.11

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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