Kumbakonam, Thursday, 12 March 2026
Thursday 12 March 2026 · Maasi 28
The next day, Friday 13 March · Maasi 29
On Thursday 12 March 2026 in Kumbakonam, the tithi is Krishna Navami until 6:30 am IST Friday; Rahu Kalam is 1:53 pm to 3:23 pm IST. Sunrise 6:21 am, sunset 6:23 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Navami
until 6:30 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Moola
until 12:44 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Siddhi
until 9:59 am
Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.
Karana · Taitila
until 5:28 pm
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
No Bhadra Karanam between this sunrise and the next.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:53 pm – 3:23 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:21 am – 7:52 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:22 am – 10:52 am
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Thursday, the same in every Tamil Nadu city.
Choghadiya
The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Thursday the day starts with Shubh.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:21 am – 7:52 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:52 am – 9:22 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:22 am – 10:52 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:52 am – 12:22 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:22 pm – 1:53 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:53 pm – 3:23 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:23 pm – 4:53 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:53 pm – 6:23 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:23 pm – 7:53 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:53 pm – 9:23 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:23 pm – 10:52 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:52 pm – 12:22 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:22 am – 1:52 am | Labh | good |
| 1:52 am – 3:21 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:21 am – 4:51 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:51 am – 6:21 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:58 am – 12:46 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 1:55 am Friday, moonset 12:31 pm.
Hora
Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: Jupiter on a Thursday.
| 6:21 am – 7:21 am | Jupiter |
| 7:21 am – 8:22 am | Mars |
| 8:22 am – 9:22 am | Sun |
| 9:22 am – 10:22 am | Venus |
| 10:22 am – 11:22 am | Mercury |
| 11:22 am – 12:22 pm | Moon |
| 12:22 pm – 1:22 pm | Saturn |
| 1:22 pm – 2:23 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:23 pm – 3:23 pm | Mars |
| 3:23 pm – 4:23 pm | Sun |
| 4:23 pm – 5:23 pm | Venus |
| 5:23 pm – 6:23 pm | Mercury |
| 6:23 pm – 7:23 pm | Moon |
| 7:23 pm – 8:23 pm | Saturn |
| 8:23 pm – 9:23 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:23 pm – 10:22 pm | Mars |
| 10:22 pm – 11:22 pm | Sun |
| 11:22 pm – 12:22 am | Venus |
| 12:22 am – 1:22 am | Mercury |
| 1:22 am – 2:22 am | Moon |
| 2:22 am – 3:21 am | Saturn |
| 3:21 am – 4:21 am | Jupiter |
| 4:21 am – 5:21 am | Mars |
| 5:21 am – 6:21 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 9:59 am, karana at 5:28 pm, nakshatra at 12:44 am Friday. The tithi runs on past the next sunrise, until 6:30 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:53 pm in Kumbakonam.
Questions
What is the tithi in Kumbakonam on 12 March 2026?
Krishna Navami, until 6:30 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:21 am in Kumbakonam).
When is Rahu Kalam in Kumbakonam on 12 March 2026?
1:53 pm to 3:23 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:21 am to 7:52 am and Gulikai 9:22 am to 10:52 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Kumbakonam on 12 March 2026?
During daylight: Shubh 6:21 am to 7:52 am, Labh 12:22 pm to 1:53 pm, Shubh 4:53 pm to 6:23 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:58 am to 12:46 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Kumbakonam on 12 March 2026?
Moonrise is at 1:55 am on Friday 13 March.
Tamil Day Sheet, Thursday 12 March 2026, Kumbakonam
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how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Kumbakonam from its own sunrise and sunset, by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha. Times are Kumbakonam local time (IST).