Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
22
Tuesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
6
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 7 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 8.54 pm, then Chaturdasi
Karthigaitill 5.16 pm, then Rohini
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.22–5.03
Yamagandammorning 8.46–10.26
Kuligaiafternoon 12.04–1.44
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.26–12.04night 8.03–9.23

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, 10.26 am to 12.04 pm is the best of the day.

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 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

10.26 am–12.04 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.28–6.27 amShort clear window
7.54–8.06 amShort clear window
10.26 am–12.04 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.39 am–12.30 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.44–3.22 pmClear of every caution
5.03–6.41 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.27–7.54 am
8.06–9.00 am
8.46–10.26 am
12.04–1.44 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.22–5.03 pm
11.00–11.44 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 12.57 am

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

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.28 am
Sunset6.41 pm
Moonrise4.48 pm
Moonset3.52 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi, from 1.06 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 8.54 pm 38–36 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Karthigai, till 5.16 pm 29–30 nazhigaiRohini
Siddha Yogam, till 8.02 am 6–27 nazhigai
Sadhya Yogam, till 4.02 am (next day) 56–25 nazhigai		Shubha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.34 am 12–46 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 8.54 pm 38–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.02–4.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.27–7.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.06–9.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.46–10.26 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.39 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.04–1.44 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.07–4.32 pmA favourable window
3.22–5.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.00–11.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.28
Labam17.07
Dhanam28.47
Sugam10.26
Soram12.04
Uthi1.44
Visham3.22
Amirtham5.03

Night

Soram6.41
Uthi8.03
Visham9.23
Amirtham310.44
Rogam12.04
Labam1.26
Dhanam2.47
Sugam4.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Kṛttikā (Rohiṇī from 5.16 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
Dhanu5.28 am7.20 am
Makara7.20 am9.33 am
Kumbha9.33 am11.40 am
Meena11.40 am1.46 pm
Mesha1.46 pm3.56 pm
Vrishabha3.56 pm6.10 pm
Mithuna6.10 pm8.16 pm
Kataka8.16 pm10.06 pm
Simha10.06 pm11.44 pm
Kanya11.44 pm1.19 am
Tula1.19 am3.03 am
Vrischika3.03 am5.04 am
Dhanu5.04 am5.28 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.28
Suriya6.34
Sukran7.40
Budhan8.46
Chandra9.52
Sani10.58
Guru12.05
Sevvai1.11
Suriya2.17
Sukran3.23
Budhan4.29
Chandra5.35

Night

Sani6.41
Guru7.35
Sevvai8.29
Suriya9.23
Sukran10.17
Budhan11.11
Chandra12.05
Sani12.59
Guru1.53
Sevvai2.46
Suriya3.40
Sukran4.34

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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