Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
23
Wednesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
8, Pournami
Budhan
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 5.28 pm, then Prathamai
Mirugaseeridamtill 3.23 pm, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 11.47–1.03
Yamagandammorning 8.02–9.18
Kuligaimorning 10.32–11.48
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.18–3.33evening 4.48–6.33

Computed for San Diego, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 1.03 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.24 am.

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 San Diego

Computed for San Diego, 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

1.03–4.48 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.24–8.02 amShort clear window
9.18–10.32 amClear of every caution
2.18–3.33 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.02–9.18 am
10.32–11.48 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.27 am–12.08 pm
11.47 am–1.03 pm
10.42 pm–12.06 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 4.04 am

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

Sunrise6.48 am
Sunset4.48 pm
Moonrise4.34 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Thursday
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi, from 4.56 am

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

Thursday 24 December: Arudra Darshanam.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Pournami, till 5.28 pm 26–41 nazhigaiPrathamai
Mirugaseeridam, till 3.23 pm 21–29 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Shukla Yogam, till 11.21 pm 41–24 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.24 am caution 1–30 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.28 pm 26–41 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 3.32 am (next day) 51–51 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.56–5.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.43–9.06 am
3.35–4.58 am		A favourable window
8.02–9.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.32–11.48 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.27 am–12.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.47 am–1.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.42 pm–12.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.48
Dhanam28.03
Sugam9.18
Soram10.32
Visham11.47
Uthi1.03
Amirtham2.18
Rogam3.33

Night

Uthi4.48
Amirtham6.34
Rogam8.18
Labam310.04
Dhanam411.49
Sugam1.34
Soram3.18
Visham5.03

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Saumya Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 3.23 pm, 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
Dhanu6.48 am8.22 am
Makara8.22 am10.01 am
Kumbha10.01 am11.24 am
Meena11.24 am12.44 pm
Mesha12.44 pm2.16 pm
Vrishabha2.16 pm4.09 pm
Mithuna4.09 pm6.25 pm
Kataka6.25 pm8.49 pm
Simha8.49 pm11.10 pm
Kanya11.10 pm1.31 am
Tula1.31 am3.55 am
Vrischika3.55 am6.15 am
Dhanu6.15 am6.48 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.48
Chandra7.38
Sani8.28
Guru9.18
Sevvai10.08
Suriya10.58
Sukran11.48
Budhan12.38
Chandra1.28
Sani2.18
Guru3.08
Sevvai3.58

Night

Suriya4.48
Sukran5.58
Budhan7.08
Chandra8.18
Sani9.28
Guru10.38
Sevvai11.48
Suriya12.58
Sukran2.08
Budhan3.18
Chandra4.28
Sani5.38

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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