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Tuesday 24 December 1946 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 19:367:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1510:15 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:596:59 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:578:57 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 8° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 8° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:135:13 AM–06:066:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:405:40 AM–06:596:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0012:00 PM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:102:10 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:455:45 PM–18:116:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:455:45 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:024:02 AM+1–29:505:50 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:419:41 AM–11:0111:01 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2212:22 PM–13:431:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:145:14 PM–19:027:02 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:0311:03 PM–23:5611:56 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

Roga06:596:59 AM–08:208:20 AMavoid
Udvega08:208:20 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Cara09:419:41 AM–11:0111:01 AMneutral
Lābha11:0111:01 AM–12:2212:22 PMgood
Amṛta12:2212:22 PM–13:431:43 PMgood
Kāla13:431:43 PM–15:033:03 PMavoid
Śubha15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 PMgood
Roga16:244:24 PM–17:455:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:455:45 PM–19:247:24 PMavoid
Lābha19:247:24 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Udvega21:049:04 PM–22:4310:43 PMavoid
Śubha22:4310:43 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2212:22 AM+1–26:022:02 AM+1good
Cara26:022:02 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1neutral
Roga27:413:41 AM+1–29:205:20 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:205:20 AM+1–31:007:00 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:596:59 AM to 31:007:00 AM+1

06:596:59 AM sunrise17:455:45 PM sunsetsunrise 31:007:00 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 22:1510:15 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 15:323:32 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 08:578:57 AM
Bavauntil 22:1510:15 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0012:00 PM–12:4412:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:033:03 PM–16:244:24 PM
Pradoṣa 17:455:45 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:244:24 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 46 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā22:1510:15 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi15:323:32 PMDhruva
KaraṇaKiṃstughna08:578:57 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:00 07:007:00 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2003
Śaka
1868
Kali
5047
Ahargaṇa
1 843 713
Day length
10 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:337:33 AM
Moonset
18:216:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:135:13 AM06:596:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:135:13 AM06:066:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:405:40 AM06:596:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:596:59 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:089:08 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:419:41 AM11:0111:01 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0012:00 PM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2212:22 PM13:431:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:271:27 PM15:363:36 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:102:10 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:033:03 PM16:244:24 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:363:36 PM17:455:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:145:14 PM19:027:02 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:455:45 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:455:45 PM18:116:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:455:45 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0311:03 PM23:5611:56 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:024:02 AM+129:505:50 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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