Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
4
Friday
Parabhava
Karthigai
18
Velli
Theypirai
Dasamitill 5.34 am, then Ekadasi
Hasthamtill 4.53 pm, then Chithirai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.17–11.57
Yamagandamafternoon 3.13–4.53
Kuligaimorning 7.00–8.39
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.21–7.00night 7.53–9.13

Computed for Suva, in Fiji time. 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, 11.57 am to 3.13 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.35 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Suva

Computed for Suva, 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

11.57 am–3.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.21–7.00 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
5.35–7.00 amClear of every caution
8.39–10.17 amClear of every caution
11.30 am–12.22 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.53–6.31 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.00–8.39 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.17–11.57 am
3.13–4.53 pm
1.21–3.04 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 5.33 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.21 am
Sunset6.31 pm
Moonrise2.16 am (next day)
Moonset2.17 pm
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 5 December: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Suva 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
Velli (Friday)
Dasami, till 5.34 am 0–32 nazhigaiEkadasi
Hastham, till 4.53 pm 28–49 nazhigaiChithirai
Ayushman Yogam, till 2.54 pm 23–50 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.35 am caution 0–32 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.51 pm 31–14 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.55–4.37 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.00–8.39 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.17–11.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.39 am–12.18 pmA favourable window
11.30 am–12.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.13–4.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.21–3.04 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.21
Soram7.00
Uthi8.39
Visham10.17
Amirtham11.57
Rogam1.34
Labam23.14
Dhanam4.53

Night

Rogam6.31
Labam7.53
Dhanam9.14
Sugam10.36
Soram11.56
Uthi31.18
Visham2.38
Amirtham4.01

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.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Vṛścika Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 4.53 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
Vrischika5.21 am6.18 am
Dhanu6.18 am8.31 am
Makara8.31 am10.43 am
Kumbha10.43 am12.51 pm
Meena12.51 pm2.57 pm
Mesha2.57 pm5.07 pm
Vrishabha5.07 pm7.21 pm
Mithuna7.21 pm9.27 pm
Kataka9.27 pm11.17 pm
Simha11.17 pm12.55 am
Kanya12.55 am2.30 am
Tula2.30 am4.14 am
Vrischika4.14 am5.22 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.21
Budhan6.27
Chandra7.33
Sani8.39
Guru9.45
Sevvai10.50
Suriya11.56
Sukran1.02
Budhan2.08
Chandra3.14
Sani4.19
Guru5.25

Night

Sevvai6.31
Suriya7.25
Sukran8.20
Budhan9.14
Chandra10.08
Sani11.02
Guru11.56
Sevvai12.51
Suriya1.45
Sukran2.39
Budhan3.33
Chandra4.27

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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