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Tuesday 9 January 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 21:069:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:539:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:269:26 AM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:2512:25 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2512:25 PM
At noon, 12:2512:25 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 355° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 355° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:406:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0612:06 PM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:392:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM–18:396:39 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:437:43 PM–21:259:25 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:329:32 AM–10:1110:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:359:35 AM–11:1611:16 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0110:01 AM–11:1311:13 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2512:25 PM–13:371:37 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:492:49 PM–16:014:01 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:5810:58 PM–23:5611:56 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

sunrise to sunrise

The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.

Day sunrise to sunset

Roga07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Udvega08:498:49 AM–10:0110:01 AMavoid
Cara10:0110:01 AM–11:1311:13 AMneutral
Lābha11:1311:13 AM–12:2512:25 PMgood
Amṛta12:2512:25 PM–13:371:37 PMgood
Kāla13:371:37 PM–14:492:49 PMavoid
Śubha14:492:49 PM–16:014:01 PMgood
Roga16:014:01 PM–17:135:13 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:135:13 PM–19:017:01 PMavoid
Lābha19:017:01 PM–20:498:49 PMgood
Udvega20:498:49 PM–22:3710:37 PMavoid
Śubha22:3710:37 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2512:25 AM+1–26:132:13 AM+1good
Cara26:132:13 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1neutral
Roga28:014:01 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:495:49 AM+1–31:377:37 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 AM+1

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 21:539:53 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 24:4812:48 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 27:173:17 AM+1
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 09:269:26 AM
Nāgauntil 21:539:53 PM
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0612:06 PM–12:4412:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:492:49 PM–16:014:01 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:087:08 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 AM+1

Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.

  1. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:014:01 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:087:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  8. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  11. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā21:539:53 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā24:48 00:4812:48 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVyāghāta27:17 03:173:17 AM WedHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda09:269:26 AMNāga
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:37 07:377:37 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1996
Śaka
1861
Kali
5040
Ahargaṇa
1 841 172
Day length
9 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
17:115:11 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:406:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:116:11 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:329:32 AM10:1110:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:359:35 AM11:1611:16 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0110:01 AM11:1311:13 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0612:06 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2512:25 PM13:371:37 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:221:22 PM15:173:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:392:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:492:49 PM16:014:01 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:173:17 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:135:13 PM19:087:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:135:13 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:135:13 PM18:396:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:437:43 PM21:259:25 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5810:58 PM23:5611:56 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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