Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
6
Sunday
Parabhava
Karthigai
21
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 20 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 1.53 pm, then Chaturdasi
Visakamtill 3.18 am (next day), then Anusham
Marana Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamevening 4.05–5.21
Yamagandamafternoon 12.19–1.35
Kuligaiafternoon 2.49–4.06
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.45 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.05–12.19evening 5.21–7.05

Computed for Phoenix, in Arizona time (MST). 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.

Atiganda Yogam runs all day, till 7.17 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 2.46 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.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Phoenix

Computed for Phoenix, 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

11.05 am–12.19 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.00–12.39 pm; Yamagandam and Atiganda Yogam also run

Avoid

7.14–9.00 am, from before sunrise
12.19–1.35 pm
2.49–4.06 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.00–4.41 pm
4.05–5.21 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.45 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 8.45 pm, until Wednesday 8.31 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

Sunrise7.18 am
Sunset5.20 pm
Moonrise6.22 am (next day)
Moonset3.26 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Phoenix 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)
Trayodasi, till 1.53 pm 16–25 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Visakam, till 3.18 am (next day) 49–59 nazhigaiAnusham
Atiganda Yogam, till 7.17 pm caution 29–55 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 1.53 pm 16–25 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.46 am (next day) caution 48–36 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.27–6.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.14–9.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–12.39 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.19–1.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.49–4.06 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.00–4.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.05–5.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.43–7.27 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi17.18
Amirtham28.34
Rogam9.48
Labam311.05
Dhanam412.20
Sugam51.35
Soram2.49
Visham4.05

Night

Dhanam65.20
Sugam7.06
Soram8.50
Visham10.34
Uthi12.20
Amirtham2.05
Rogam3.49
Labam5.35

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Vrischika7.18 am8.08 am
Dhanu8.08 am10.10 am
Makara10.10 am11.49 am
Kumbha11.49 am1.11 pm
Meena1.11 pm2.30 pm
Mesha2.30 pm4.01 pm
Vrishabha4.01 pm5.54 pm
Mithuna5.54 pm8.10 pm
Kataka8.10 pm10.34 pm
Simha10.34 pm12.57 am
Kanya12.57 am3.18 am
Tula3.18 am5.43 am
Vrischika5.43 am7.19 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.18
Sukran8.08
Budhan8.59
Chandra9.49
Sani10.39
Guru11.29
Sevvai12.19
Suriya1.10
Sukran2.00
Budhan2.50
Chandra3.40
Sani4.30

Night

Guru5.20
Sevvai6.30
Suriya7.40
Sukran8.50
Budhan10.00
Chandra11.10
Sani12.20
Guru1.30
Sevvai2.40
Suriya3.49
Sukran4.59
Budhan6.09

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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