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Simha (Leo) rasi palan today — Friday, 18 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 Surya (Sun) 5th from your sign: go gently with change and what is unsettled and children and learning 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 morning – in the afternoon

    Avoid new ventures and agreements
  • Yamagandam

    in the afternoon – in the evening

    Avoid important talks and journeys
  • Gulikai

    in the morning –

    Avoid it only for new beginnings

Sunrise

Sunset

Star by star

  • MaghaA day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Mon 21 Dec,
  • Purva PhalguniA day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Sun 20 Dec,
  • Uttara Phalguni, pada 1A day for carrying on, not for new starts.next good day to begin: Sun 20 Dec,

Today, part by part

  • until Fri 18 Dec, The tithi suits finishing over starting
  • Something newnext clear: Sun 20 Dec,
  • Workneeds patiencego carefully with work. (Why: Surya (Sun) 5th and Chandra (Moon) 8th from your sign.)
  • Businessmoney coming in. (Why: Budha (Mercury) 4th from your sign.)A deal or signature next clear: Sun 20 Dec,
  • Moneymixedmoney coming in and prosperity, but go carefully with money. (Why: Chandra (Moon) 8th from your sign.)
  • Family and friendsneeds patiencego carefully with family and friends. (Why: Sevvai (Mars) 1st from your sign.)
  • You and your healthneeds patiencego carefully with yourself and your health. (Why: Surya (Sun) 5th and Sevvai (Mars) 1st from your sign.)
  • TravelA journey next clear: Sun 20 Dec, Soolam West — pariharam: Jaggery

The days ahead

  1. Sat, 19 DecQuietChandrashtama — until Moon in Meena (Pisces) → Mesha (Aries)
  2. Sun, 20 DecQuietEkadasi
  3. Mon, 21 DecQuietPradosham · KiruthigaiMoon in Mesha (Aries) → Vrishabha (Taurus)
  4. Wed, 23 DecMixedPournamiMoon in Vrishabha (Taurus) → Mithuna (Gemini)
  5. Fri, 25 DecMixedMoon in Mithuna (Gemini) → Karka (Cancer)

The Moon stands strongest for your sign on: Thu, 24 Dec, Fri, 25 Dec, Sun, 10 Jan

This week's sky

  • Tue 22 Dec, Budha (Mercury) moves into Dhanus (Sagittarius) — the 5th from your signOrdinary

The next chandrashtama

  • Wed 13 Jan, – Fri 15 Jan,
  • Tue 9 Feb, – Fri 12 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 = Simha (Leo) · dot = the Moon today

This season

a few weeks

  • Surya (Sun) · Dhanus (Sagittarius)Ordinary

    Surya (Sun) is 5th from your sign: children and learning

  • Sevvai (Mars) · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Sevvai (Mars) is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself

  • Budha (Mercury) · Vrischika (Scorpio)favourable

    Budha (Mercury) is 4th from your sign: home and peace of mind

  • Shukra (Venus) · Tula (Libra)favourable

    Shukra (Venus) is 3rd from your sign: effort and initiative

The background

many months

  • Guru (Jupiter) · Simha (Leo)Ordinary

    Guru (Jupiter) is 1st from your sign: how you feel in yourself · until 25 January 2027

  • Shani (Saturn) · Meena (Pisces)Ordinary

    Shani (Saturn) is 8th from your sign: change and what is unsettled · until 3 June 2027

  • Rahu · Makara (Capricorn)favourable

    Rahu is 6th from your sign: health and competition · until 24 June 2028

  • Ketu · Karka (Cancer)Ordinary

    Ketu is 12th from your sign: rest and letting go · until 24 June 2028

Ashtama Sani — until 23 February 2028

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 Navamithen Shukla Dasamiat night

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

NakshatraUttara Bhadrapadathen Revatiin the evening

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

YogaVyatipatain 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.

WeekdayFridayShukra (Venus)

SoolamWestpariharam: Jaggery

The direction a journey is not started in, today.

The day's yoga

Siddha yoga

Upward day

Tithi

Navami

Rikta tithi

A tithi avoided for beginning anything new.

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