December 2026

Tuesday

Parabhava

Margazhi

Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 14 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Theypirai

Shashtitill 6.55 pm, then Saptami

Pooramtill 9.13 pm, then Uthiram

Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Rahu Kalamevening 5.03–6.55

Yamagandammorning 9.40–11.32

Kuligaiafternoon 1.21–3.13

ChandrashtamamUntil 3.08 am (next day): Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

afternoon 3.13–5.03night 9.55–11.03

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, 3.13 pm to 5.03 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.26 am Wednesday.

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

3.13–5.03 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

7.20–8.55 amClear of every caution

11.32 am–1.21 pmClear of every caution

12.53–1.51 pm; Kuligai also runs

3.13–5.03 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.46–7.20 am, from before sunrise

8.55–9.56 am

9.40–11.32 am

1.21–3.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

5.03–6.55 pm

12.26–1.04 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

4.23–6.00 am, early Wednesday

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 3.08 am

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

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 3.08 am, until Friday 10.18 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.59 am

Sunset8.45 pm

Moonrise12.23 am (next day)

Moonset11.36 am

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonSimha 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sevvai (Tuesday)
	Shashti, till 6.55 pm 32–21 nazhigai	Saptami
	Pooram, till 9.13 pm 38–05 nazhigai	Uthiram
	Ayushman Yogam, till 9.01 pm 37–34 nazhigai	Saubhagya Yogam
	Gara Karanam, till 7.37 am 4–04 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 6.55 pm 32–21 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.45–5.21 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	5.46–7.20 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.55–9.56 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.40–11.32 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.53–1.51 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.21–3.13 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	3.03–4.35 pm	A favourable window
	5.03–6.55 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.26–1.04 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	4.23–6.00 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.59

Labam¹7.50

Dhanam²9.41

Sugam11.32

Soram1.21

Uthi3.13

Visham5.03

Amirtham³6.55

Night

Soram8.45

Uthi9.55

Visham11.03

Amirtham⁴12.13

Rogam1.22

Labam2.32

Dhanam⁵3.41

Sugam⁶4.51

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948

2083

5128

1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Dhanu	5.59 am	7.25 am
Makara	7.25 am	9.54 am
Kumbha	9.54 am	12.22 pm
Meena	12.22 pm	2.49 pm
Mesha	2.49 pm	5.18 pm
Vrishabha	5.18 pm	7.42 pm
Mithuna	7.42 pm	9.43 pm
Kataka	9.43 pm	11.17 pm
Simha	11.17 pm	12.34 am
Kanya	12.34 am	1.48 am
Tula	1.48 am	3.14 am
Vrischika	3.14 am	5.04 am
Dhanu	5.04 am	5.59 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.59

Suriya7.13

Sukran8.26

Budhan9.40

Chandra10.54

Sani12.08

Guru1.22

Sevvai2.36

Suriya3.50

Sukran5.03

Budhan6.17

Chandra7.31

Night

Sani8.45

Guru9.31

Sevvai10.17

Suriya11.04

Sukran11.50

Budhan12.36

Chandra1.22

Sani2.08

Guru2.55

Sevvai3.41

Suriya4.27

Sukran5.13

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk