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December 1940 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 28 December 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Śanivāra. Amāvasyā began at 06:566:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:564:56 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:367:36 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:535:53 PM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:2012:20 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 27 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2012:20 PM
At noon, 12:2012:20 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 351° ahead of it, in Mūla, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 351° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:405:40 AM–06:386:38 AM
  • Abhijit12:0112:01 PM–12:3912:39 PM
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:322:32 PM
  • Godhūli17:035:03 PM–17:325:32 PM
  • Amṛta kāla21:479:47 PM–23:1811:18 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika07:367:36 AM–08:478:47 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:367:36 AM–08:148:14 AM
  • Durmuhūrta08:148:14 AM–08:528:52 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:589:58 AM–11:0911:09 AM
  • Varjya12:4412:44 PM–14:142:14 PM
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:311:31 PM–14:412:41 PM
  • Varjya26:192:19 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1

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

Kāla07:367:36 AM–08:478:47 AMavoid
Śubha08:478:47 AM–09:589:58 AMgood
Roga09:589:58 AM–11:0911:09 AMavoid
Udvega11:0911:09 AM–12:2012:20 PMavoid
Cara12:2012:20 PM–13:311:31 PMneutral
Lābha13:311:31 PM–14:412:41 PMgood
Amṛta14:412:41 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Kāla15:523:52 PM–17:035:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:035:03 PM–18:526:52 PMgood
Udvega18:526:52 PM–20:428:42 PMavoid
Śubha20:428:42 PM–22:3110:31 PMgood
Amṛta22:3110:31 PM–24:2012:20 AM+1good
Cara24:2012:20 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1neutral
Roga26:092:09 AM+1–27:583:58 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:583:58 AM+1–29:475:47 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:475:47 AM+1–31:367:36 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:367:36 AM to 31:367:36 AM+1

07:367:36 AM sunrise17:035:03 PM sunsetsunrise 31:367:36 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 28:564:56 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 27:503:50 AM+1
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 26:532:53 AM+1
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 17:535:53 PM
Nāgauntil 28:564:56 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:589:58 AM–11:0911:09 AM
Abhijit 12:0112:01 PM–12:3912:39 PM
Pradoṣa 17:035:03 PM–19:007:00 PM
Niśītha 23:5611:56 PM–24:4412:44 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:0911:09 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3912:39 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 27 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:007:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:4412:44 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  9. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  10. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  11. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā28:56 04:564:56 AM SunPratipadā
NakṣatraMūla27:50 03:503:50 AM SunPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi26:53 02:532:53 AM SunDhruva
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda17:535:53 PMNāga
VāraŚanivāra31:36 07:367:36 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 526
Day length
9 h 27 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
31:297:29 AM+1
Moonset
16:464:46 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:405:40 AM07:367:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:405:40 AM06:386:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:096:09 AM07:367:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:367:36 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:367:36 AM08:478:47 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:367:36 AM08:148:14 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta08:148:14 AM08:528:52 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:309:30 AM11:2311:23 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:589:58 AM11:0911:09 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:5611:56 AM12:4412:44 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:0112:01 PM12:3912:39 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya12:4412:44 PM14:142:14 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇa13:161:16 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa13:311:31 PM14:412:41 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:541:54 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:103:10 PM17:035:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:035:03 PM19:007:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:035:03 PM17:325:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:035:03 PM18:316:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla21:479:47 PM23:1811:18 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:5611:56 PM24:4412:44 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya26:192:19 AM+127:503:50 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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