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Wednesday 18 December 1918 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:019:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:516:51 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:317:31 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:537:53 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5611:56 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest11:5611:56 AM
At noon, 11:5611:56 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 188° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 99% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 188° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:305:30 AM–06:306:30 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:006:00 AM–07:317:31 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:241:24 PM–14:002:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:214:21 PM–16:514:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:214:21 PM–17:525:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:315:31 PM–19:027:02 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:378:37 AM–09:439:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5010:50 AM–11:5611:56 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3811:38 AM–12:1412:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5611:56 AM–13:021:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:1412:14 PM–13:441:44 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:317:31 AM–08:378:37 AMgood
Amṛta08:378:37 AM–09:439:43 AMgood
Kāla09:439:43 AM–10:5010:50 AMavoid
Śubha10:5010:50 AM–11:5611:56 AMgood
Roga11:5611:56 AM–13:021:02 PMavoid
Udvega13:021:02 PM–14:082:08 PMavoid
Cara14:082:08 PM–15:153:15 PMneutral
Lābha15:153:15 PM–16:214:21 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:214:21 PM–18:156:15 PMavoid
Śubha18:156:15 PM–20:098:09 PMgood
Amṛta20:098:09 PM–22:0210:02 PMgood
Cara22:0210:02 PM–23:5611:56 PMneutral
Roga23:5611:56 PM–25:501:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:501:50 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:443:44 AM+1–29:385:38 AM+1good
Udvega29:385:38 AM+1–31:327:32 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:317:31 AM to 31:327:32 AM+1

07:317:31 AM sunrise16:214:21 PM sunsetsunrise 31:327:32 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 18:516:51 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 26:582:58 AM+1
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 21:139:13 PM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:537:53 AM
Kaulavauntil 18:516:51 PM
Taitilauntil 29:575:57 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5611:56 AM–13:021:02 PM
Pradoṣa 16:214:21 PM–18:226:22 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20 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. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:021:02 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 50 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:226:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā18:516:51 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraĀrdrā26:58 02:582:58 AM ThuPunarvasu
YogaŚukla21:139:13 PMBrahma
KaraṇaBālava07:537:53 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:32 07:327:32 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1975
Śaka
1840
Kali
5019
Ahargaṇa
1 833 480
Day length
8 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
17:185:18 PM
Moonset
07:517:51 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:305:30 AM07:317:31 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:305:30 AM06:306:30 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:006:00 AM07:317:31 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:317:31 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:378:37 AM09:439:43 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5010:50 AM11:5611:56 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3211:32 AM12:2012:20 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5611:56 AM13:021:02 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:1412:14 PM13:441:44 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM14:352:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:241:24 PM14:002:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:352:35 PM16:214:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:214:21 PM18:226:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:214:21 PM16:514:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:214:21 PM17:525:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:315:31 PM19:027:02 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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