Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
1
Tuesday
Parabhava
Karthigai
16
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Karthigai 15 on this day. Here Karthigai began a day earlier, on Monday 16 November.

Theypirai
Ashtamitill 11.44 am, then Navami
Pooramtill 9.25 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.47–4.04
Yamagandammorning 9.43–11.00
Kuligaiafternoon 12.15–1.32
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.30 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
evening 4.04–5.20night 7.05–8.48

Computed for Plano, in US Central time (CST). 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 11.02 pm. 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 Plano

Computed for Plano, 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

11.56 am–12.36 pm; Kuligai and Vishkambha Yogam also run
4.04–5.20 pm; Vishkambha Yogam also runs

Avoid

9.13–9.54 am
9.43–11.00 am
12.15–1.32 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.47–4.04 pm
10.52–11.49 pm, in the evening
4.45–6.24 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 3.30 am

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

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 3.30 am, until Friday 11.33 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

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset5.20 pm
Moonrise1.16 am (next day)
Moonset12.55 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Plano 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ashtami, till 11.44 am 11–22 nazhigaiNavami
Pooram, till 9.25 pm 35–33 nazhigaiUthiram
Vishkambha Yogam, till 11.02 pm caution 39–34 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.44 am 11–22 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 11.29 pm 40–42 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Plano

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.21–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.13–9.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–12.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.15–1.32 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.47–4.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.03–4.38 pmA favourable window
10.52–11.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.45–6.24 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.12
Labam18.28
Dhanam29.44
Sugam311.00
Soram12.15
Uthi41.32
Visham2.47
Amirtham54.04

Night

Soram5.20
Uthi7.05
Visham8.48
Amirtham610.33
Rogam12.16
Labam2.01
Dhanam73.45
Sugam85.29

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam; 3 Vishkambha Yogam; 4 Vishkambha Yogam; 5 Vishkambha Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham; 7 Tyajyam; 8 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · 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
2083
5128
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Vrischika7.12 am8.25 am
Dhanu8.25 am10.28 am
Makara10.28 am12.06 pm
Kumbha12.06 pm1.29 pm
Meena1.29 pm2.49 pm
Mesha2.49 pm4.20 pm
Vrishabha4.20 pm6.13 pm
Mithuna6.13 pm8.29 pm
Kataka8.29 pm10.53 pm
Simha10.53 pm1.15 am
Kanya1.15 am3.36 am
Tula3.36 am6.00 am
Vrischika6.00 am7.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.12
Suriya8.02
Sukran8.53
Budhan9.44
Chandra10.34
Sani11.25
Guru12.16
Sevvai1.07
Suriya1.57
Sukran2.48
Budhan3.39
Chandra4.29

Night

Sani5.20
Guru6.29
Sevvai7.39
Suriya8.48
Sukran9.57
Budhan11.07
Chandra12.16
Sani1.26
Guru2.35
Sevvai3.44
Suriya4.54
Sukran6.03

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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