Shastra Panchangam
December 2027
16
Thursday
Plavanga
·
Viyazhan

Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 1.22 pm, then Chaturthi
Punarpoosamtill 9.13 am, then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.30–11.30evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Tirunelveli. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 3.09 pm to 4.31 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.23 pm.

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 Tirunelveli

Computed for Tirunelveli, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

3.09–4.31 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
11.52 am–12.37 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.15–1.15 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
1.23–1.41 pmShort clear window
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

6.25–7.53 am (printed 6–7.30)
9.19–10.48 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)
1.41–3.09 pm (printed 1.30–3)
4.31–6.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 5.12 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.25 am
Sunset6.03 pm
Moonrise8.59 pm
Moonset8.48 am
SunVrischika Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 3.45 am

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Tirunelveli 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Tritiyai, till 1.22 pm 17–21 nazhigaiChaturthi
Punarpoosam, till 9.13 am 7–00 nazhigaiPoosam
Brahma Yogam, till 9.42 am 8–12 nazhigai
Indra Yogam, till 6.11 am (next day) 59–23 nazhigai
Vaidhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.23 pm caution 17–21 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.58 pm 43–49 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Tirunelveli

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.47–5.35 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.25–7.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.03–8.29 am
1.18–2.44 am
A favourable window
9.19–10.48 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.52 am–12.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.41–3.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.31–6.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.25
Sugam27.53
Soram9.19
Uthi310.48
Amirtham412.15
Visham1.41
Rogam3.08
Labam54.36

Night

Amirtham6.03
Visham7.36
Rogam9.08
Labam10.42
Dhanam12.15
Sugam1.48
Soram3.20
Uthi4.54

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Guru Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 9.13 am, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2084
5129
1203

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Vrischika6.25 am6.31 am
Dhanu6.31 am8.39 am
Makara8.39 am10.35 am
Kumbha10.35 am12.20 pm
Meena12.20 pm2.04 pm
Mesha2.04 pm3.55 pm
Vrishabha3.55 pm5.59 pm
Mithuna5.59 pm8.10 pm
Kataka8.10 pm10.16 pm
Simha10.16 pm12.16 am
Kanya12.16 am2.14 am
Tula2.14 am4.17 am
Vrischika4.17 am6.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.25
Sevvai7.24
Suriya8.22
Sukran9.20
Budhan10.18
Chandra11.16
Sani12.14
Guru1.12
Sevvai2.11
Suriya3.09
Sukran4.07
Budhan5.05

Night

Chandra6.03
Sani7.05
Guru8.07
Sevvai9.09
Suriya10.11
Sukran11.13
Budhan12.15
Chandra1.16
Sani2.18
Guru3.20
Sevvai4.22
Suriya5.24

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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