December 2026

Wednesday

Parabhava

Margazhi

Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 8 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Valarpirai

Chaturdasitill 5.18 pm, then Pournami

Rohinitill 2.27 pm, then Mirugaseeridam

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.05–1.45

Yamagandammorning 7.07–8.47

Kuligaimorning 10.25–12.05

ChandrashtamamUntil 12.57 am (next day): Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 5.28–7.07evening 6.42–7.19

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, 1.45 pm to 5.17 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.24 am Thursday.

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

1.45–5.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

5.28–7.07 amClear of every caution

5.28–7.07 am, inside the clear stretch

8.48–10.25 amClear of every caution

Avoid

7.07–8.47 am

7.23–8.48 am

10.25 am–12.05 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

11.38 am–12.32 pm

12.05–1.45 pm

7.19–8.44 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.

Then

from 12.57 am, until Saturday 12.04 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

Sunrise5.28 am

Sunset6.42 pm

Moonrise5.57 pm

Moonset4.59 am (next day)

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 24 December: Pournami.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Chaturdasi, till 5.18 pm 29–33 nazhigai	Pournami
	Rohini, till 2.27 pm 22–26 nazhigai	Mirugaseeridam
	Shubha Yogam, till 11.46 pm 45–43 nazhigai	Shukla Yogam
	Gara Karanam, till 7.08 am 4–10 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 5.18 pm 29–33 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 3.24 am (next day) caution 54–48 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.02–4.45 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	7.07–8.47 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.23–8.48 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	10.25 am–12.05 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.38 am–12.32 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.38 am–1.02 pm 3.43–5.06 am	A favourable window
	12.05–1.45 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.19–8.44 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam5.28

Dhanam¹7.08

Sugam²8.47

Soram10.25

Visham12.05

Uthi1.45

Amirtham3.24

Rogam5.02

Night

Uthi³6.42

Amirtham⁴8.03

Rogam9.23

Labam10.45

Dhanam12.06

Sugam1.27

Soram2.46

Visham4.07

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Rohiṇī (Mṛgaśīrṣa from 2.27 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

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	5.28 am	7.16 am
Makara	7.16 am	9.29 am
Kumbha	9.29 am	11.36 am
Meena	11.36 am	1.42 pm
Mesha	1.42 pm	3.52 pm
Vrishabha	3.52 pm	6.06 pm
Mithuna	6.06 pm	8.12 pm
Kataka	8.12 pm	10.02 pm
Simha	10.02 pm	11.40 pm
Kanya	11.40 pm	1.15 am
Tula	1.15 am	2.59 am
Vrischika	2.59 am	5.00 am
Dhanu	5.00 am	5.29 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.28

Chandra6.34

Sani7.40

Guru8.47

Sevvai9.53

Suriya10.59

Sukran12.05

Budhan1.11

Chandra2.17

Sani3.23

Guru4.30

Sevvai5.36

Night

Suriya6.42

Sukran7.36

Budhan8.30

Chandra9.24

Sani10.17

Guru11.11

Sevvai12.05

Suriya12.59

Sukran1.53

Budhan2.47

Chandra3.41

Sani4.35

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk