Panchangam 12 Dec 2025 · Chennai

Friday, 12 December 2025 ·

Vakya panchangam

The traditional reckoning that Tamil Nadu temples and printed calendars follow.

Friday, 12 December 2025 · Visuvasu year

Karthigai 26

கார்த்திகை 26

Theipiraiதேய்பிறை: The waning fortnight: the fifteen days from full moon to new moon. Ashtami until 8:03 pm, then Navami தேய்பிறை அஷ்டமி · இரவு 8:03 வரை, பிறகு நவமி

Pooram until 9:22 am, then Uthiram பூரம் · காலை 9:22 வரை, பிறகு உத்திரம்

Sunrise6:21 am

Sunset5:54 pm

On 12 Dec 2025: special dayAshtami

Rahu Kalam · avoid10:30 am – 12:00 pm Now

Good time (Nalla Neram)9:15 – 10:15 am1:45 – 2:45 pm Now

Yamagandamஎமகண்டம்: One of the eight parts of the day, held unsuitable for starting anything new.3:00 – 4:30 pm

Kuligaiகுளிகை: One of the eight parts of the day. Some families start lasting work in it; others avoid it for ceremonies.7:30 – 9:00 am

Soolam · remedy

Soolam: the direction to avoid travelling in that day. Remedy: what to take first if you must go that way.

West · Jaggery

Chandrashtamam

The two and a half days when the Moon is in the eighth sign from your rasi; people of these rasis put off big decisions by tradition.

Magaram, Kumbam

Moonrise12:00 am

Day type (Naal)Downward day

Yogam

One of 27 parts worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions together; shown with the time it ends.

Preethi until 3:52 pm

Karanam

Half of a thithi; each thithi has two. Shown with the time it ends.

Balava until 7:55 am

Other methodGowri Nalla Neram

Gowri Nalla Neram: a separate tradition that cuts day and night into eight parts each. Most families go by the almanac's Nalla Neram.

Good parts by the Gowri tradition:

6:00 – 7:30 am9:00 – 10:30 am12:00 – 1:30 pm4:30 – 6:00 pm7:30 pm – 12:00 am (next day)1:30 – 3:00 am (next day)4:30 – 6:00 am (next day)

Other methodThirukanitham

Thirukanithamதிருக்கணிதம்: Modern astronomical reckoning that matches the observed sky.: the modern astronomical reckoning, worked out from your city's actual sunrise. Some calendars print it.

By Thirukanitham the Tamil date is Karthigai 27.

Tamil date: Karthigai 27 · Visuvasu year
Thithi (lunar day): Theipirai Ashtami until 2:57 pm
Nakshatra (star): Uthiram until 5:50 am (next day)
Yogam: Preethi until 11:12 am
Karanam: Kaulava until 2:57 pm
Sunrise · sunset: 6:21 am · 5:43 pm
Rahu Kalam: 10:37 am – 12:02 pm
Yamagandam: 2:53 – 4:18 pm
Kuligai: 7:46 – 9:12 am
Good time (Nalla Neram): 6:21 – 7:46 am 9:12 – 10:37 am 12:02 – 1:27 pm 4:18 – 5:43 pm
Gowri good time: 6:21 – 7:46 am 9:12 – 10:37 am 12:02 – 1:27 pm 4:18 – 5:43 pm 7:18 pm – 12:02 am (next day) 1:37 – 3:12 am (next day) 4:47 – 6:22 am (next day)
Day type (Naal): Upward day

On Friday 12 December 2025, in Chennai: Tamil date Karthigai 26 (Visuvasu year); thithi Theipirai Ashtami until 8:03 pm, nakshatraநட்சத்திரம்: One of the 27 star groups the Moon passes through, about one a day. The one at your birth is your birth star. Pooram until 9:22 am; Rahu Kalam 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Nalla Neram 9:15 – 10:15 am and 1:45 – 2:45 pm (Vakya panchangam).