Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
22
Tuesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
7
Sevvai

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 2.24 pm, then Chaturdasi
Karthigaitill 10.46 am, then Rohini
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.00–4.30
Yamagandammorning 9.00–10.30
Kuligaiafternoon 12.00–1.30
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Rameswaram. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.23 am to 8.42 am 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 Rameswaram

Computed for Rameswaram, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

6.23–8.42 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.45–8.45 am; Durmuhurtham also runs
10.45 am–12.11 pmClear of every caution
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.48 am–12.34 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.39–3.05 pmClear of every caution
4.32–5.59 pmClear of every caution
4.45–5.45 pm, inside the clear stretch
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

8.42–9.29 am
9.17–10.45 am (printed 9–10.30)
12.11–1.39 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 12–1.30)
3.05–4.32 pm (printed 3–4.30)
10.56–11.47 pm, in the evening
12.53–2.18 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.27 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.23 am
Sunset5.59 pm
Moonrise4.15 pm
Moonset5.18 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 23 December: Pournami.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Rameswaram 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)
Trayodasi, till 2.24 pm 20–02 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Karthigai, till 10.46 am 10–56 nazhigaiRohini
Sadhya Yogam, till 9.32 pm 37–51 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.24 pm 20–02 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.38 am (next day) 45–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Rameswaram

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.45–5.33 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.37–10.02 am
5.08–6.32 am
A favourable window
8.42–9.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.17–10.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–12.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.11–1.39 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.05–4.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.56–11.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.53–2.18 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.23
Labam17.51
Dhanam29.18
Sugam10.45
Soram12.11
Uthi1.39
Visham3.05
Amirtham4.32

Night

Soram5.59
Uthi7.33
Visham9.05
Amirtham310.39
Rogam12.11
Labam41.45
Dhanam3.18
Sugam4.51

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 Durmuhurtham; 4 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Kṛttikā (Rohiṇī from 10.46 am, computed)

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
Dhanu6.23 am8.09 am
Makara8.09 am10.05 am
Kumbha10.05 am11.50 am
Meena11.50 am1.33 pm
Mesha1.33 pm3.24 pm
Vrishabha3.24 pm5.27 pm
Mithuna5.27 pm7.38 pm
Kataka7.38 pm9.45 pm
Simha9.45 pm11.45 pm
Kanya11.45 pm1.43 am
Tula1.43 am3.47 am
Vrischika3.47 am5.57 am
Dhanu5.57 am6.24 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.23
Suriya7.21
Sukran8.19
Budhan9.17
Chandra10.15
Sani11.13
Guru12.11
Sevvai1.09
Suriya2.07
Sukran3.05
Budhan4.03
Chandra5.01

Night

Sani5.59
Guru7.01
Sevvai8.03
Suriya9.05
Sukran10.07
Budhan11.09
Chandra12.11
Sani1.14
Guru2.16
Sevvai3.18
Suriya4.20
Sukran5.22

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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