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Monday 23 December 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 18:226:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:069:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:347:34 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:447:44 AM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:1712:17 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1712:17 PM
At noon, 12:1712:17 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 356° ahead of it, in Mūla, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 356° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:375:37 AM–06:366:36 AM
  • Abhijit11:5811:58 AM–12:3612:36 PM
  • Vijaya13:511:51 PM–14:292:29 PM
  • Godhūli17:005:00 PM–17:295:29 PM
  • Amṛta kāla24:4212:42 AM+1–26:312:31 AM+1

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:458:45 AM–09:559:55 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:0611:06 AM–12:1712:17 PM
  • Durmuhūrta12:3612:36 PM–13:141:14 PM
  • Gulika13:281:28 PM–14:382:38 PM
  • Varjya13:511:51 PM–15:403:40 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:292:29 PM–15:073:07 PM
  • Varjya30:086:08 AM+1–31:567:56 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

Amṛta07:347:34 AM–08:458:45 AMgood
Kāla08:458:45 AM–09:559:55 AMavoid
Śubha09:559:55 AM–11:0611:06 AMgood
Roga11:0611:06 AM–12:1712:17 PMavoid
Udvega12:1712:17 PM–13:281:28 PMavoid
Cara13:281:28 PM–14:382:38 PMneutral
Lābha14:382:38 PM–15:493:49 PMgood
Amṛta15:493:49 PM–17:005:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:005:00 PM–18:496:49 PMneutral
Roga18:496:49 PM–20:398:39 PMavoid
Kāla20:398:39 PM–22:2810:28 PMavoid
Lābha22:2810:28 PM–24:1712:17 AM+1good
Udvega24:1712:17 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:072:07 AM+1–27:563:56 AM+1good
Amṛta27:563:56 AM+1–29:455:45 AM+1good
Cara29:455:45 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:347:34 AM to 31:357:35 AM+1

07:347:34 AM sunrise17:005:00 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 21:069:06 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 16:064:06 PM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 07:447:44 AM
Nāgauntil 21:069:06 PM
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:458:45 AM–09:559:55 AM
Abhijit 11:5811:58 AM–12:3612:36 PM
Pradoṣa 17:005:00 PM–18:566:56 PM
Niśītha 23:5311:53 PM–24:4112:41 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:559:55 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:3612:36 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:566:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  9. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4112:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā21:069:06 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraMūlapast sunrisePūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaGaṇḍa16:064:06 PMVṛddhi
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda07:447:44 AMNāga
VāraSomavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2003
Śaka
1868
Kali
5047
Ahargaṇa
1 843 712
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
16:384:38 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:375:37 AM07:347:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:375:37 AM06:366:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:076:07 AM07:347:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:347:34 AM09:279:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla08:458:45 AM09:559:55 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgava09:279:27 AM11:2011:20 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa11:0611:06 AM12:1712:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhna11:5311:53 AM12:4112:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:5811:58 AM12:3612:36 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta12:3612:36 PM13:141:14 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:141:14 PM15:073:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:281:28 PM14:382:38 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya13:511:51 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya13:511:51 PM15:403:40 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrta14:292:29 PM15:073:07 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:073:07 PM17:005:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:005:00 PM18:566:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:005:00 PM17:295:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:005:00 PM18:276:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:5311:53 PM24:4112:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla24:4212:42 AM+126:312:31 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Varjya30:086:08 AM+131:567:56 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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