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Tuesday 6 January 1942 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Maṅgalavāra. Caturthī began at 03:283:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:583:58 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:463:46 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2412:24 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2412:24 PM
At noon, 12:2412:24 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 220° ahead of it, in Maghā, 88% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 220° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:406:40 AM
  • Abhijit12:0512:05 PM–12:4312:43 PM
  • Vijaya13:591:59 PM–14:372:37 PM
  • Godhūli17:105:10 PM–17:395:39 PM
  • Amṛta kāla30:076:07 AM+1–31:477:47 AM+1

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:329:32 AM–10:1010:10 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0110:01 AM–11:1211:12 AM
  • Gulika12:2412:24 PM–13:351:35 PM
  • Rāhu kāla14:472:47 PM–15:593:59 PM
  • Varjya20:078:07 PM–21:479:47 PM
  • Durmuhūrta22:5710:57 PM–23:5511:55 PM

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–11:1211:12 AMneutral
Lābha11:1211:12 AM–12:2412:24 PMgood
Amṛta12:2412:24 PM–13:351:35 PMgood
Kāla13:351:35 PM–14:472:47 PMavoid
Śubha14:472:47 PM–15:593:59 PMgood
Roga15:593:59 PM–17:105:10 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:105:10 PM–18:596:59 PMavoid
Lābha18:596:59 PM–20:478:47 PMgood
Udvega20:478:47 PM–22:3510:35 PMavoid
Śubha22:3510:35 PM–24:2412:24 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2412:24 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1good
Cara26:122:12 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 sunrise17:105:10 PM sunsetsunrise 31:377:37 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Caturthīuntil 27:583:58 AM+1
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 15:483:48 PM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:463:46 PM
Bālavauntil 27:583:58 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0512:05 PM–12:4312:43 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:472:47 PM–15:593:59 PM
Pradoṣa 17:105:10 PM–19:067:06 PM
Niśītha 24:0012:00 AM+1–24:4812:48 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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:593:59 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 33 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:067:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4812:48 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī27:58 03:583:58 AM WedPañcamī
NakṣatraMaghāpast sunrisePūrva Phalgunī
YogaPrīti15:483:48 PMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBava15:463:46 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:37 07:377:37 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1998
Śaka
1863
Kali
5042
Ahargaṇa
1 841 900
Day length
9 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
20:528:52 PM
Moonset
09:389:38 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:425:42 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM06:406:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:377:37 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:329:32 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta09:329:32 AM10:1010:10 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa10:0110:01 AM11:1211:12 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhna12:0012:00 PM12:4812:48 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:0512:05 PM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika12:2412:24 PM13:351:35 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇa13:211:21 PM15:163:16 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya13:591:59 PM14:372:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla14:472:47 PM15:593:59 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhna15:163:16 PM17:105:10 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:105:10 PM19:067:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:105:10 PM17:395:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:105:10 PM18:376:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya20:078:07 PM21:479:47 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrta22:5710:57 PM23:5511:55 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśītha24:0012:00 AM+124:4812:48 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla30:076:07 AM+131:477:47 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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