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Wednesday 23 December 1942 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 00:0312:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:372:37 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:348:34 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5410:54 AM

Śukla gives way to Brahma.

Noon

13:171:17 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding13:171:17 PM
At noon, 13:171:17 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 186° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 186° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:376:37 AM–07:367:36 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā07:077:07 AM–08:348:34 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:512:51 PM–15:293:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:572:57 PM–16:444:44 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:006:00 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:006:00 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya08:398:39 AM–10:2710:27 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:459:45 AM–10:5510:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0612:06 PM–13:171:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5812:58 PM–13:361:36 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha08:348:34 AM–09:459:45 AMgood
Amṛta09:459:45 AM–10:5510:55 AMgood
Kāla10:5510:55 AM–12:0612:06 PMavoid
Śubha12:0612:06 PM–13:171:17 PMgood
Roga13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Udvega14:282:28 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Cara15:383:38 PM–16:494:49 PMneutral
Lābha16:494:49 PM–18:006:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:006:00 PM–19:497:49 PMavoid
Śubha19:497:49 PM–21:389:38 PMgood
Amṛta21:389:38 PM–23:2811:28 PMgood
Cara23:2811:28 PM–25:171:17 AM+1neutral
Roga25:171:17 AM+1–27:063:06 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:063:06 AM+1–28:564:56 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:564:56 AM+1–30:456:45 AM+1good
Udvega30:456:45 AM+1–32:348:34 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:348:34 AM to 32:348:34 AM+1

08:348:34 AM sunrise18:006:00 PM sunsetsunrise 32:348:34 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 26:372:37 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 26:112:11 AM+1
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 10:5410:54 AM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:191:19 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:372:37 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PM
Pradoṣa 18:006:00 PM–19:567:56 PM
Niśītha 24:5312:53 AM+1–25:411:41 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:282:28 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:567:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:411:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā26:37 02:372:37 AM ThuDvitīyā
NakṣatraĀrdrā26:11 02:112:11 AM ThuPunarvasu
YogaŚukla10:5410:54 AMBrahma
KaraṇaBālava13:191:19 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra32:34 08:348:34 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1999
Śaka
1864
Kali
5043
Ahargaṇa
1 842 251
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
18:496:49 PM
Moonset
08:378:37 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:376:37 AM08:348:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:376:37 AM07:367:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight07:077:07 AM08:348:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:348:34 AM10:2710:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:398:39 AM10:2710:27 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:459:45 AM10:5510:55 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2710:27 AM12:2012:20 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0612:06 PM13:171:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5312:53 PM13:411:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5812:58 PM13:361:36 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:132:13 PM16:074:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:512:51 PM15:293:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:572:57 PM16:444:44 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:074:07 PM18:006:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:006:00 PM19:567:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:006:00 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:006:00 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5312:53 AM+125:411:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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