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January 2004 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 14 January 2004 · Changchun, Jilin, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 02:252:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:261:26+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:117:11 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:591:59 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 13 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChangchun11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 257° ahead of it, in Hasta, 61% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 257° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:135:13 AM–06:126:12 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:425:42 AM–07:117:11 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:201:20 PM–13:571:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:244:24 PM–16:544:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:244:24 PM–17:535:53 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:246:24 PM–19:597:59 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:208:20 AM–09:299:29 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:568:56 AM–10:3110:31 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika10:3810:38 AM–11:4811:48 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2911:29 AM–12:0612:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4811:48 AM–12:5712:57 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

Lābha07:117:11 AM–08:208:20 AMgood
Amṛta08:208:20 AM–09:299:29 AMgood
Kāla09:299:29 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Śubha10:3810:38 AM–11:4811:48 AMgood
Roga11:4811:48 AM–12:5712:57 PMavoid
Udvega12:5712:57 PM–14:062:06 PMavoid
Cara14:062:06 PM–15:153:15 PMneutral
Lābha15:153:15 PM–16:244:24 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:244:24 PM–18:156:15 PMavoid
Śubha18:156:15 PM–20:068:06 PMgood
Amṛta20:068:06 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Cara21:579:57 PM–23:4711:47 PMneutral
Roga23:4711:47 PM–25:381:38+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:381:38+1 AM–27:293:29+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:293:29+1 AM–29:205:20+1 AMgood
Udvega29:205:20+1 AM–31:117:11+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:117:11 AM to 31:117:11+1 AM

07:117:11 AM sunrise16:244:24 PM sunsetsunrise 31:117:11+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 25:261:26+1 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 24:1912:19+1 AM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 18:596:59 PM
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:591:59 PM
Bavauntil 25:261:26+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4811:48 AM–12:5712:57 PM
Pradoṣa 16:244:24 PM–18:226:22 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5712:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 13 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:226:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  9. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī25:26 01:261:26 AM ThuAṣṭamī
NakṣatraHasta24:19 00:1912:19 AM ThuCitrā
YogaAtigaṇḍa18:596:59 PMSukarmā
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:591:59 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:11 07:117:11 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 553
Day length
9 h 13 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
23:2911:29 PM
Moonset
10:4110:41 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:135:13 AM07:117:11 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:135:13 AM06:126:12 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:425:42 AM07:117:11 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:117:11 AM09:029:02 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:208:20 AM09:299:29 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:568:56 AM10:3110:31 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:029:02 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3810:38 AM11:4811:48 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2411:24 AM12:1212:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2911:29 AM12:0612:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4811:48 AM12:5712:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:332:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:201:20 PM13:571:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:332:33 PM16:244:24 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:244:24 PM18:226:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:244:24 PM16:544:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:244:24 PM17:535:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:246:24 PM19:597:59 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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