Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
27
Sunday
Parabhava
Margazhi
11
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 12 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 10.44 pm, then Panchami
Ayilyamtill 11.35 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamevening 6.53–8.45
Yamagandamafternoon 1.20–3.12
Kuligaievening 5.02–6.54
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.35 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.57–7.48evening 8.45–9.53

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs all day, till 2.24 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

5.57–7.48 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
12.52–1.50 pm; Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

1.20–3.12 pm
1.22–2.51 pm
5.02–6.54 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.46–7.46 pm
6.53–8.45 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 11.35 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 11.35 pm, until Wednesday 3.08 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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
Moonrise11.29 pm
Moonset9.12 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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)
Chaturthi, till 10.44 pm 41–55 nazhigaiPanchami
Ayilyam, till 11.35 pm 44–02 nazhigaiMagam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 2.24 am (next day) caution 51–05 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 12.05 pm 15–20 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.44 pm 41–55 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.44–5.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.52–1.50 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.20–3.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.22–2.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.02–6.54 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.46–7.46 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.53–8.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.08–11.34 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.57
Amirtham27.49
Rogam9.39
Labam311.31
Dhanam41.21
Sugam53.12
Soram5.02
Visham6.53

Night

Dhanam68.44
Sugam9.54
Soram11.02
Visham12.12
Uthi1.22
Amirtham2.31
Rogam3.39
Labam4.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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 am7.33 am
Makara7.33 am10.02 am
Kumbha10.02 am12.30 pm
Meena12.30 pm2.57 pm
Mesha2.57 pm5.26 pm
Vrishabha5.26 pm7.50 pm
Mithuna7.50 pm9.51 pm
Kataka9.51 pm11.25 pm
Simha11.25 pm12.42 am
Kanya12.42 am1.56 am
Tula1.56 am3.22 am
Vrischika3.22 am5.12 am
Dhanu5.12 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.57
Sukran7.11
Budhan8.25
Chandra9.39
Sani10.53
Guru12.07
Sevvai1.21
Suriya2.35
Sukran3.49
Budhan5.03
Chandra6.17
Sani7.31

Night

Guru8.44
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.17
Sukran11.03
Budhan11.49
Chandra12.35
Sani1.21
Guru2.07
Sevvai2.54
Suriya3.40
Sukran4.26
Budhan5.12

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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