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, 7.55 pm to sunset is the best of the day.
Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.55 pm.
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
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
7.55–8.46 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.
Sun and Moon
Sunrise6.02 am
Sunset8.46 pm
Moonrise2.10 am (next day)
Moonset3.55 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonTula Rasi
This day and the next
No major observance on this day.
Sunday 3 January: 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
Limb
This day
Then
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 7.55 pm 34–41 nazhigai
Ekadasi
Swathi, till 12.50 am (next day) 46–59 nazhigai
Visakam
Sukarma Yogam, till 4.59 pm 27–22 nazhigai
Dhriti Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.13 am 2–59 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 7.55 pm caution34–41 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Melbourne
Window
Time
Traditional use
4.48–5.24 am
Prayer, meditation, study
5.01–6.45 am
Avoided for new beginnings
6.02–7.53 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
6.02–8.00 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.42–11.34 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.55–1.53 pm
Widely used for beginnings
3.14–5.05 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
3.22–5.04 pm
A favourable window
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Soram6.02
Uthi17.53
Visham9.42
Amirtham211.34
Rogam1.23
Labam33.15
Dhanam45.05
Sugam56.56
Night
Labam8.46
Dhanam9.56
Sugam11.05
Soram12.14
Uthi1.25
Visham2.33
Amirtham3.44
Soram4.52
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam.