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Thursday 24 March 2016 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 18:016:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:308:30 PM.

Observed here on this day

Holī

Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here

AlsoVasantotsava determinate

At sunrise

05:535:53 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:147:14 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 69° above S. Day length 12 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 188° ahead of it, in Hasta, 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 muhūrta04:194:19 AM–05:065:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:424:42 AM–05:535:53 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:513:51 PM–17:395:39 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:056:05 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:056:05 PM–19:167:16 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:535:53 AM–07:257:25 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika08:568:56 AM–10:2810:28 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:579:57 AM–10:4610:46 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:311:31 PM–15:023:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:393:39 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

Śubha05:535:53 AM–07:257:25 AMgood
Roga07:257:25 AM–08:568:56 AMavoid
Udvega08:568:56 AM–10:2810:28 AMavoid
Cara10:2810:28 AM–11:5911:59 AMneutral
Lābha11:5911:59 AM–13:311:31 PMgood
Amṛta13:311:31 PM–15:023:02 PMgood
Kāla15:023:02 PM–16:344:34 PMavoid
Śubha16:344:34 PM–18:056:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:056:05 PM–19:337:33 PMgood
Cara19:337:33 PM–21:029:02 PMneutral
Roga21:029:02 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Kāla22:3010:30 PM–23:5911:59 PMavoid
Lābha23:5911:59 PM–25:271:27+1 AMgood
Udvega25:271:27+1 AM–26:552:55+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:552:55+1 AM–28:244:24+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:244:24+1 AM–29:525:52+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:535:53 AM to 29:525:52+1 AM

05:535:53 AM sunrise18:056:05 PM sunsetsunrise 29:525:52+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 20:308:30 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 22:3610:36 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 09:259:25 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:147:14 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:308:30 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:311:31 PM–15:023:02 PM
Pradoṣa 18:056:05 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:3511:35 PM–24:2312:23+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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:023:02 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 12 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2312:23+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā20:308:30 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraHasta22:3610:36 PMCitrā
YogaVṛddhi09:259:25 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava07:147:14 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra29:52 05:525:52 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 869 006
Day length
12 h 12 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
18:526:52 PM
Moonset
06:176:17 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:194:19 AM05:535:53 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:194:19 AM05:065:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:424:42 AM05:535:53 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:535:53 AM08:198:19 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:535:53 AM07:257:25 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:198:19 AM10:4610:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:568:56 AM10:2810:28 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:579:57 AM10:4610:46 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:393:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:311:31 PM15:023:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:393:39 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:393:39 PM18:056:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:513:51 PM17:395:39 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:056:05 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:056:05 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:056:05 PM19:167:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3511:35 PM24:2312:23+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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