Shastra Panchangam
December 2027
24
Friday
Plavanga
Margazhi
9
Velli
Theypirai
Dwadasitill 11.09 pm, then Trayodasi
Visakamtill 12.51 am (next day), then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.29–11.49
Yamagandamafternoon 2.27–3.47
Kuligaimorning 7.51–9.11
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.40 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.11–10.29night 6.47–8.27

Computed for Patna. 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, 11.49 am to 2.27 pm is the best of the day.

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 Patna

Computed for Patna, 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

11.49 am–2.27 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.40–7.51 amShort clear window
9.11–10.29 amClear of every caution
9.11–10.29 am, inside the clear stretch
11.28 am–12.09 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
3.47–5.05 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.01–7.40 am, from before sunrise
7.51–9.11 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.29–11.49 am
2.27–3.47 pm
5.00–6.41 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until 6.40 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 6.40 pm, until Monday 3.15 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.32 am
Sunset5.05 pm
Moonrise4.16 am (next day)
Moonset1.59 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 25 December: Pradosham.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Patna's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Patna 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
Velli (Friday)
Dwadasi, till 11.09 pm 41–31 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Visakam, till 12.51 am (next day) 45–45 nazhigaiAnusham
Sukarma Yogam, till 10.18 am 9–23 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.07 am 11–27 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 11.09 pm 41–31 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Patna

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.45–5.38 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.01–7.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.51–9.11 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.29–11.49 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.28 am–12.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.27–3.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.51–5.28 pmA favourable window
5.00–6.41 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.32
Soram7.51
Uthi9.11
Visham10.29
Amirtham11.49
Rogam1.07
Labam22.28
Dhanam3.47

Night

Rogam5.05
Labam6.47
Dhanam8.28
Sugam10.09
Soram11.48
Uthi1.30
Visham3.10
Amirtham34.52

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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

1949
2084
2084
5129
1203

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu6.32 am8.07 am
Makara8.07 am9.52 am
Kumbha9.52 am11.23 am
Meena11.23 am12.51 pm
Mesha12.51 pm2.29 pm
Vrishabha2.29 pm4.26 pm
Mithuna4.26 pm6.40 pm
Kataka6.40 pm8.58 pm
Simha8.58 pm11.12 pm
Kanya11.12 pm1.25 am
Tula1.25 am3.42 am
Vrischika3.42 am5.59 am
Dhanu5.59 am6.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.32
Budhan7.25
Chandra8.18
Sani9.10
Guru10.03
Sevvai10.56
Suriya11.49
Sukran12.42
Budhan1.34
Chandra2.27
Sani3.20
Guru4.13

Night

Sevvai5.05
Suriya6.13
Sukran7.20
Budhan8.27
Chandra9.34
Sani10.42
Guru11.49
Sevvai12.56
Suriya2.04
Sukran3.11
Budhan4.18
Chandra5.25

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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