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Makara (Capricorn) rasi palan today — Tuesday, 1 December 2026

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As at 9 am

A quiet day

Chandrashtama — until tomorrow,

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) 8th from your sign: go gently with change and what is unsettled and change and what is unsettled 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 – in the evening

    Avoid new ventures and agreements
  • Yamagandam

    in the morning –

    Avoid important talks and journeys
  • Gulikai

    in the morning – in the afternoon

    Avoid it only for new beginnings

Sunrise

Sunset

Star by star

  • Uttara Ashadha, padas 2–4A day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Fri 4 Dec,
  • ShravanaA day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Thu 3 Dec,
  • Dhanishta, padas 1–2A day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Thu 3 Dec,

Today, part by part

  • Something newnext clear: Thu 3 Dec,
  • Workmixeda new post or position and honour and recognition, but go carefully with work. (Why: Chandra (Moon) 8th and Sevvai (Mars) 8th from your sign.)
  • Businesspeople working under you and money coming in. (Why: Shani (Saturn) 3rd from your sign.)A deal or signature next clear: Thu 3 Dec,
  • Moneymixedwealth, but go carefully with money. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 8th from your sign.)
  • You and your healthmixedgood health and ease in every part of life, but go carefully with yourself and your health. (Why: Shukra (Venus) 10th from your sign.)
  • TravelA journey next clear: Thu 3 Dec, Soolam North — pariharam: Milk

Nothing marked today for: Family and friends

The days ahead

  1. Wed, 2 DecQuietChandrashtama — until Moon in Simha (Leo) → Kanya (Virgo)
  2. Fri, 4 DecQuietEkadasiMoon in Kanya (Virgo) → Tula (Libra)
  3. Sun, 6 DecMixedPradosham
  4. Mon, 7 DecMixedMasa SivarathriMoon in Tula (Libra) → Vrischika (Scorpio)
  5. Tue, 8 DecGoodAmavasai

The Moon stands strongest for your sign on: Sat, 5 Dec, Tue, 8 Dec (Amavasai), Wed, 9 Dec

This week's sky

  • Wed 2 Dec, Budha (Mercury) moves into Vrischika (Scorpio) — the 11th from your signfavourable
  • Sat 5 Dec, Rahu moves into Makara (Capricorn), your own signOrdinary
  • Sat 5 Dec, Ketu moves into Karka (Cancer) — the 7th from your signOrdinary

The next chandrashtama

  • Sun 27 Dec, – Tue 29 Dec,
  • Sun 24 Jan, – Tue 26 Jan,

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 = Makara (Capricorn) · dot = the Moon today

This season

a few weeks

  • Surya (Sun) · Vrischika (Scorpio)favourable

    Surya (Sun) is 11th from your sign: income and friendships

  • Sevvai (Mars) · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Sevvai (Mars) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled

  • Budha (Mercury) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Budha (Mercury) is 10th from your sign: work and standing

  • Shukra (Venus) · Tula (Libra)Ordinary

    Shukra (Venus) is 10th from your sign: work and standing

The background

many months

  • Guru (Jupiter) · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Guru (Jupiter) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled · until 25 January 2027

  • Shani (Saturn) · Meena (Pisces)favourable

    Shani (Saturn) is 3rd from your sign: effort and initiative · until 3 June 2027

  • Rahu · Kumbha (Aquarius)Ordinary

    Rahu is 2nd from your sign: money and family · until 5 December 2026

  • Ketu · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Ketu is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled · until 5 December 2026

Sade Sati next begins 8 December 2046

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

TithiKrishna Ashtamithen Krishna Navamiat night

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

NakshatraMaghathen Purva Phalguniin the morning

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

YogaVaidhritiin the afternoon

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

KaranaBalavain the morning

Half of a tithi; two in a day.

WeekdayTuesdaySevvai (Mars)

SoolamNorthpariharam: Milk

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