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Tuesday 15 December 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 06:496:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 33:149:14+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:457:45 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

20:028:02 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:1012:10 PM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1012:10 PM
At noon, 12:1012:10 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 182° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 182° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:445:44 AM–06:446:44 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:146:14 AM–07:457:45 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5311:53 AM–12:2812:28 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:0412:04 PM–13:521:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:142:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:364:36 PM–17:065:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:364:36 PM–18:076:07 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:319:31 AM–10:0610:06 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:589:58 AM–11:0411:04 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1012:10 PM–13:171:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:232:23 PM–15:303:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4010:40 PM–23:4011:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya31:187:18+1 AM–33:059:05+1 AMa 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

Roga07:457:45 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Udvega08:518:51 AM–09:589:58 AMavoid
Cara09:589:58 AM–11:0411:04 AMneutral
Lābha11:0411:04 AM–12:1012:10 PMgood
Amṛta12:1012:10 PM–13:171:17 PMgood
Kāla13:171:17 PM–14:232:23 PMavoid
Śubha14:232:23 PM–15:303:30 PMgood
Roga15:303:30 PM–16:364:36 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:364:36 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid
Lābha18:306:30 PM–20:238:23 PMgood
Udvega20:238:23 PM–22:1710:17 PMavoid
Śubha22:1710:17 PM–24:1112:11+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:1112:11+1 AM–26:042:04+1 AMgood
Cara26:042:04+1 AM–27:583:58+1 AMneutral
Roga27:583:58+1 AM–29:525:52+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:525:52+1 AM–31:457:45+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:457:45 AM to 31:457:45+1 AM

07:457:45 AM sunrise16:364:36 PM sunsetsunrise 31:457:45+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 21:569:56 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 22:1810:18 PM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 20:028:02 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5311:53 AM–12:2812:28 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:232:23 PM–15:303:30 PM
Pradoṣa 16:364:36 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:4711:47 PM–24:3512:35+1 AM

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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2812:28 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:303:30 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 51 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  7. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  8. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3512:35+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadāpast sunriseDvitīyā
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā21:569:56 PMĀrdrā
YogaŚubha22:1810:18 PMŚukla
KaraṇaBālava20:028:02 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:45 07:457:45 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 452
Day length
8 h 51 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
17:185:18 PM
Moonset
none

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:445:44 AM07:457:45 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:445:44 AM06:446:44 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:146:14 AM07:457:45 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:457:45 AM09:319:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:319:31 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:319:31 AM10:0610:06 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:0411:04 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4611:46 AM12:3412:34 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5311:53 AM12:2812:28 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0412:04 PM13:521:52 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1012:10 PM13:171:17 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM14:502:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:142:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:232:23 PM15:303:30 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:502:50 PM16:364:36 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:364:36 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:364:36 PM17:065:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:364:36 PM18:076:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4010:40 PM23:4011:40 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4711:47 PM24:3512:35+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra31:187:18+1 AM33:059:05+1 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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