Shastra Panchangam
December 2026
28
Monday
Parabhava
Margazhi
12
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 13 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.

Theypirai
Panchamitill 9.29 pm, then Shashti
Magamtill 11.03 pm, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.09–8.50
Yamagandammorning 10.28–12.08
Kuligaiafternoon 1.46–3.26
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.05–6.44night 9.26–10.46

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, 4.06 pm to sunset 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

4.06–6.44 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.31–7.09 amClear of every caution
8.50–10.28 amClear of every caution
11.41 am–12.33 pm; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
1.27–1.46 pmShort clear window
5.05–6.44 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.09–8.50 am
10.28 am–12.08 pm
11.49 am–1.19 pm
12.33–1.27 pm
1.46–3.26 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.12–4.06 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 4.08 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.31 am
Sunset6.44 pm
Moonrise10.26 pm
Moonset9.27 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi, from 12.35 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Panchami, till 9.29 pm 39–53 nazhigaiShashti
Magam, till 11.03 pm 43–50 nazhigaiPooram
Priti Yogam, till 12.25 am (next day) 47–15 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.31 am 12–31 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 9.29 pm 39–53 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.05–4.47 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.09–8.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.28 am–12.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.41 am–12.33 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.49 am–1.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.33–1.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.46–3.26 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.12–4.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.49–10.18 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.31
Visham7.09
Rogam8.49
Labam110.29
Dhanam212.08
Sugam31.47
Soram3.25
Uthi5.05

Night

Sugam6.44
Soram8.04
Uthi9.26
Amirtham10.47
Visham12.07
Rogam1.28
Labam2.50
Dhanam4.11

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Indu Vāsara · Maghā

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
Dhanu5.31 am6.56 am
Makara6.56 am9.09 am
Kumbha9.09 am11.16 am
Meena11.16 am1.22 pm
Mesha1.22 pm3.33 pm
Vrishabha3.33 pm5.47 pm
Mithuna5.47 pm7.53 pm
Kataka7.53 pm9.43 pm
Simha9.43 pm11.20 pm
Kanya11.20 pm12.55 am
Tula12.55 am2.40 am
Vrischika2.40 am4.40 am
Dhanu4.40 am5.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.31
Sani6.37
Guru7.43
Sevvai8.49
Suriya9.55
Sukran11.01
Budhan12.07
Chandra1.14
Sani2.20
Guru3.26
Sevvai4.32
Suriya5.38

Night

Sukran6.44
Budhan7.38
Chandra8.32
Sani9.26
Guru10.20
Sevvai11.14
Suriya12.08
Sukran1.02
Budhan1.56
Chandra2.50
Sani3.44
Guru4.37

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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