December 2026

Wednesday

Parabhava

Margazhi

8, Pournami

Budhan

Valarpirai

Chaturdasitill 10.48 am, then Pournami

Rohinitill 7.57 am, then Mirugaseeridam

Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.00–1.30

Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.00

Kuligaimorning 10.30–12.00

ChandrashtamamUntil 6.27 pm: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Nalla Neram

morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Salem. 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, 6.33 am to 7.58 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.54 pm.

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 Salem

Computed for Salem, 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

6.33–7.58 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

9.15–10.15 am; Yamagandam also runs

9.25–10.47 amClear of every caution

10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

4.45–5.45 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

7.58–9.25 am (printed 7.30–9)

10.50 am–12.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 10.30–12)

11.53 am–12.40 pm

12.16–1.43 pm (printed 12–1.30)

12.49–2.14 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.27 pm

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

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 6.27 pm, until Friday 5.34 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise6.33 am

Sunset6.00 pm

Moonrise5.20 pm

MoonsetAfter sunrise on Thursday

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

Thursday 24 December: Arudra Darshanam.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Salem 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Chaturdasi, till 10.48 am 10–37 nazhigai	Pournami
	Rohini, till 7.57 am 3–30 nazhigai Mirugaseeridam, till 4.53 am (next day) 55–50 nazhigai	Thiruvathirai
	Shubha Yogam, till 5.16 pm 26–46 nazhigai	Shukla Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 10.48 am 10–37 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 8.54 pm caution 35–52 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Salem

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.53–5.42 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	7.58–9.25 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	10.50 am–12.17 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.53 am–12.40 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.16–1.43 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.49–2.14 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.13–10.36 pm	A favourable window
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.33

Dhanam¹7.59

Sugam²9.25

Soram10.50

Visham12.16

Uthi³1.43

Amirtham⁴3.09

Rogam4.34

Night

Uthi6.00

Amirtham7.35

Rogam9.08

Labam10.43

Dhanam12.17

Sugam1.51

Soram3.24

Visham4.59

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Rohiṇī (Mṛgaśīrṣa from 7.57 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

5128

1202

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

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Dhanu	6.33 am	8.14 am
Makara	8.14 am	10.08 am
Kumbha	10.08 am	11.51 am
Meena	11.51 am	1.32 pm
Mesha	1.32 pm	3.21 pm
Vrishabha	3.21 pm	5.24 pm
Mithuna	5.24 pm	7.35 pm
Kataka	7.35 pm	9.43 pm
Simha	9.43 pm	11.45 pm
Kanya	11.45 pm	1.45 am
Tula	1.45 am	3.51 am
Vrischika	3.51 am	6.02 am
Dhanu	6.02 am	6.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.33

Chandra7.30

Sani8.27

Guru9.25

Sevvai10.22

Suriya11.19

Sukran12.16

Budhan1.14

Chandra2.11

Sani3.08

Guru4.05

Sevvai5.03

Night

Suriya6.00

Sukran7.03

Budhan8.05

Chandra9.08

Sani10.11

Guru11.14

Sevvai12.17

Suriya1.19

Sukran2.22

Budhan3.25

Chandra4.28

Sani5.31

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk