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Tuesday 22 December 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 17:255:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:375:37 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0610:06 AM

Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.

Noon

12:1412:14 PM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1412:14 PM
At noon, 12:1412:14 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 261° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 58% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 261° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:485:48 AM–06:486:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:186:18 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5611:56 AM–12:3212:32 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:172:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:394:39 PM–17:095:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:394:39 PM–18:106:10 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:083:08+1 AM–28:454:45+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:359:35 AM–10:1010:10 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0210:02 AM–11:0811:08 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1412:14 PM–13:201:20 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:262:26 PM–15:323:32 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:245:24 PM–19:017:01 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:4310:43 PM–23:4411:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:497:49 AM–08:558:55 AMavoid
Udvega08:558:55 AM–10:0210:02 AMavoid
Cara10:0210:02 AM–11:0811:08 AMneutral
Lābha11:0811:08 AM–12:1412:14 PMgood
Amṛta12:1412:14 PM–13:201:20 PMgood
Kāla13:201:20 PM–14:262:26 PMavoid
Śubha14:262:26 PM–15:323:32 PMgood
Roga15:323:32 PM–16:394:39 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:394:39 PM–18:326:32 PMavoid
Lābha18:326:32 PM–20:268:26 PMgood
Udvega20:268:26 PM–22:2010:20 PMavoid
Śubha22:2010:20 PM–24:1412:14+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:1412:14+1 AM–26:082:08+1 AMgood
Cara26:082:08+1 AM–28:024:02+1 AMneutral
Roga28:024:02+1 AM–29:565:56+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:565:56+1 AM–31:507:50+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:507:50+1 AM

07:497:49 AM sunrise16:394:39 PM sunsetsunrise 31:507:50+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 17:375:37 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 10:0610:06 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 21:539:53 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:375:37 PM
Bālavauntil 29:285:28+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5611:56 AM–12:3212:32 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:262:26 PM–15:323:32 PM
Pradoṣa 16:394:39 PM–18:406:40 PM
Niśītha 23:5011:50 PM–24:3812:38+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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3212:32 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:323:32 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 49 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:406:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3812:38+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī17:375:37 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī10:0610:06 AMUttara Phalgunī
YogaĀyuṣmān21:539:53 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaBava17:375:37 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:50 07:507:50 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 459
Day length
8 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:0312:03+1 AM
Moonset
11:4911:49 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:485:48 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:485:48 AM06:486:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:186:18 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:359:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:359:35 AM11:2111:21 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:359:35 AM10:1010:10 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0210:02 AM11:0811:08 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5011:50 AM12:3812:38 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:3212:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1412:14 PM13:201:20 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM14:532:53 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:172:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:262:26 PM15:323:32 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:532:53 PM16:394:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:394:39 PM18:406:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:394:39 PM17:095:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:394:39 PM18:106:10 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:245:24 PM19:017:01 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4310:43 PM23:4411:44 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5011:50 PM24:3812:38+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:083:08+1 AM28:454:45+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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