Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
26
Saturday
Parabhava
Margazhi
11
Sani
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 5.36 pm, then Chaturthi
Poosamtill 5.43 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.14–10.35
Yamagandamafternoon 1.13–2.34
Kuligaimorning 6.35–7.55
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.53–5.12night 6.53–8.33

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs all day, till 9.53 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.36 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.

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 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

11.33 am–12.15 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
3.53–5.12 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

6.35–7.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.35–8.01 am
9.14–10.35 am
1.13–2.34 pm
5.22–6.51 am, early Sunday

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.35 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.35 am
Sunset5.12 pm
Moonrise8.03 pm
Moonset8.41 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 5.36 pm 27–30 nazhigaiChaturthi
Poosam, till 5.43 pm 27–49 nazhigaiAyilyam
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 9.53 pm caution 38–13 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.13 am 1–34 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.36 pm caution 27–30 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.05 am (next day) 53–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.49–5.41 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.35–7.55 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.35–8.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.14–10.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.15 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.01–1.26 pmA favourable window
1.13–2.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.22–6.51 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.35
Uthi17.55
Visham9.14
Amirtham210.35
Rogam11.53
Labam31.14
Dhanam42.34
Sugam53.53

Night

Labam5.12
Dhanam6.53
Sugam8.34
Soram10.13
Uthi11.54
Visham1.34
Amirtham3.15
Soram4.55

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Puṣya

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
Dhanu6.35 am8.00 am
Makara8.00 am9.46 am
Kumbha9.46 am11.17 am
Meena11.17 am12.46 pm
Mesha12.46 pm2.25 pm
Vrishabha2.25 pm4.22 pm
Mithuna4.22 pm6.36 pm
Kataka6.36 pm8.53 pm
Simha8.53 pm11.07 pm
Kanya11.07 pm1.19 am
Tula1.19 am3.35 am
Vrischika3.35 am5.51 am
Dhanu5.51 am6.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.35
Guru7.28
Sevvai8.21
Suriya9.15
Sukran10.08
Budhan11.01
Chandra11.54
Sani12.47
Guru1.40
Sevvai2.33
Suriya3.26
Sukran4.19

Night

Budhan5.12
Chandra6.19
Sani7.26
Guru8.33
Sevvai9.40
Suriya10.47
Sukran11.54
Budhan1.01
Chandra2.08
Sani3.15
Guru4.22
Sevvai5.29

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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