Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
14
Monday
Parabhava
Karthigai
28
Thingal
Valarpirai
Panchamitill 4.47 pm, then Shashti
Thiruvonamtill 6.42 am, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.48–9.09
Yamagandammorning 10.28–11.48
Kuligaiafternoon 1.07–2.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.06 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.47–5.07night 8.28–10.07

Computed for Riyadh, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 3.00 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 10.35 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Riyadh

Computed for Riyadh, 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

3.00–5.07 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.27 am–12.09 pm; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
12.56–1.07 pmShort clear window
3.47–5.07 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.48–9.09 am
10.28–11.48 am
11.09 am–12.56 pm
12.09–12.52 pm
1.07–2.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.16–3.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.06 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 8.06 pm, until Thursday 6.44 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.29 am
Sunset5.07 pm
Moonrise10.22 am
Moonset9.40 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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
Thingal (Monday)
Panchami, till 4.47 pm 25–43 nazhigaiShashti
Thiruvonam, till 6.42 am 0–34 nazhigaiAvittam
Vyaghata Yogam, till 10.35 am caution 10–14 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 4.47 pm 25–43 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 5.52 am (next day) 58–26 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.42–5.35 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.48–9.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.28–11.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.09 am–12.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.27 am–12.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.09–12.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.07–2.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.16–3.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.50–11.36 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.29
Visham7.48
Rogam9.08
Labam210.29
Dhanam311.48
Sugam41.08
Soram2.27
Uthi3.47

Night

Sugam5.07
Soram6.47
Uthi8.28
Amirtham10.08
Visham11.48
Rogam1.28
Labam3.09
Dhanam4.50

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Indu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 6.42 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
Vrischika6.29 am6.43 am
Dhanu6.43 am8.47 am
Makara8.47 am10.33 am
Kumbha10.33 am12.04 pm
Meena12.04 pm1.33 pm
Mesha1.33 pm3.12 pm
Vrishabha3.12 pm5.09 pm
Mithuna5.09 pm7.23 pm
Kataka7.23 pm9.40 pm
Simha9.40 pm11.54 pm
Kanya11.54 pm2.06 am
Tula2.06 am4.22 am
Vrischika4.22 am6.30 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.29
Sani7.22
Guru8.15
Sevvai9.08
Suriya10.02
Sukran10.55
Budhan11.48
Chandra12.41
Sani1.34
Guru2.27
Sevvai3.20
Suriya4.14

Night

Sukran5.07
Budhan6.14
Chandra7.21
Sani8.27
Guru9.34
Sevvai10.41
Suriya11.48
Sukran12.55
Budhan2.02
Chandra3.09
Sani4.16
Guru5.23

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force from 8.05 pm, until Monday 6.44 am

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