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Karka (Cancer) rasi palan today — Thursday, 17 December 2026

Times for Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Change town

As at 9 am

A quiet day

Chandrashtama — until

Better for finishing than for starting.

The Moon is in the eighth from your sign today — what is traditionally called Chandrashtama. It comes round about once a month and passes in a day or two. It is read as a low-energy day rather than an unlucky one: better for rest and routine work than for beginning something new.

Chandra (Moon) is 8th and Sevvai (Mars) 2nd from your sign: go gently with change and what is unsettled and money and family today.

For the planet weighing most on this part of the day, 8th from your sign: Recite the Chandra mantra, beginning on a Monday. Free, and the first remedy for an afflicted Moon.

The day's times

  • Good time

    in the morning –

    in the morning – in the afternoon

    in the evening –

    For starting work, deals and money matters
  • Rahu kalam

    in the afternoon –

    Avoid new ventures and agreements
  • Yamagandam

    in the morning –

    Avoid important talks and journeys
  • Gulikai

    in the morning –

    Avoid it only for new beginnings

Sunrise

Sunset

Star by star

  • Punarvasu, pada 4A good day to begin something new.To begin Thu 17 Dec, – Thu 17 Dec,
  • PushyaA day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Sat 19 Dec,
  • AshleshaA good day to begin something new.To begin Thu 17 Dec, – Thu 17 Dec,

Today, part by part

  • Something newThu 17 Dec, – Thu 17 Dec,
  • Workmixed (until )rivals and opponents overcome, but go carefully with work. (Why: Chandra (Moon) 8th from your sign.)from favourablerivals and opponents overcome
  • Businessmoney coming in. (Why: Guru (Jupiter) 2nd from your sign.)A deal or signature –
  • Moneyneeds patiencego carefully with money. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 2nd from your sign.)
  • Family and friendsmixednew friends, but go carefully with family and friends. (Why: Budha (Mercury) 5th from your sign.)
  • You and your healthmixedgood health, worries lifting and happier days, but go carefully with yourself and your health. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 2nd from your sign.)
  • TravelA journey – Soolam South — pariharam: Sesame oil

The days ahead

  1. Sat, 19 DecQuietMoon in Meena (Pisces) → Mesha (Aries)
  2. Sun, 20 DecMixedEkadasi
  3. Mon, 21 DecMixedPradosham · KiruthigaiMoon in Mesha (Aries) → Vrishabha (Taurus)
  4. Wed, 23 DecGoodPournamiMoon in Vrishabha (Taurus) → Mithuna (Gemini)

The Moon stands strongest for your sign on: Tue, 22 Dec, Wed, 23 Dec, Wed, 30 Dec

This week's sky

  • Tue 22 Dec, Budha (Mercury) moves into Dhanus (Sagittarius) — the 6th from your signfavourable

The next chandrashtama

  • Mon 11 Jan, – Wed 13 Jan,
  • Sun 7 Feb, – Tue 9 Feb,

Chandrashtama comes about once a month and lasts about two and a quarter days — a time to go slowly.

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Why — 8 reasons
Coloured arc = Karka (Cancer) · dot = the Moon today

This season

a few weeks

  • Surya (Sun) · Dhanus (Sagittarius)favourable

    Surya (Sun) is 6th from your sign: health and competition

  • Sevvai (Mars) · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Sevvai (Mars) is 2nd from your sign: money and family

  • Budha (Mercury) · Vrischika (Scorpio)Ordinary

    Budha (Mercury) is 5th from your sign: children and learning

  • Shukra (Venus) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Shukra (Venus) is 4th from your sign: home and peace of mind

The background

many months

  • Guru (Jupiter) · Simha (Leo)favourable

    Guru (Jupiter) is 2nd from your sign: money and family · until 25 January 2027

  • Shani (Saturn) · Meena (Pisces)Ordinary

    Shani (Saturn) is 9th from your sign: fortune and guidance · until 3 June 2027

  • Rahu · Makara (Capricorn)Ordinary

    Rahu is 7th from your sign: marriage and partnerships · until 24 June 2028

  • Ketu · Karka (Cancer)Ordinary

    Ketu is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself · until 24 June 2028

Hour by hour

  1. until Thu 17 Dec, QuietChandra (Moon) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettledChandrashtama — until Thu 17 Dec,
  2. from Thu 17 Dec, QuietMoon in Meena (Pisces) is 9th from your sign: fortune and guidance

Sade Sati next begins 31 May 2032

How this is worked out

Each of the nine grahas is placed in a sign, and counted as a house from yours. Classical gochara says which of those placements help and which resist. The Moon carries the day because it changes sign every two and a quarter days; Saturn is background, because it has been saying the same thing for two years and cannot be why today differs from yesterday.

The day's panchang

That day's panchang

TithiShukla Ashtamithen Shukla Navamiat night

The lunar day, counted from the new or full moon.

NakshatraPurva Bhadrapadathen Uttara Bhadrapadain the afternoon

The star the Moon stands in today; one of twenty-seven.

YogaSiddhiin the afternoon

The day's pattern from the Sun and Moon together; one of twenty-seven.

KaranaVishti (Bhadra)in the morning

Half of a tithi; two in a day.

WeekdayThursdayGuru (Jupiter)

SoolamSouthpariharam: Sesame oil

The direction a journey is not started in, today.

The day's yoga

Siddha yoga

Downward day

Your own day, read from your birth star rather than your sign