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Tuesday 31 December 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Trayodaśī

Maṅgalavāra. Trayodaśī began at 04:594:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:347:34 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 119 of 119 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:176:17 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 147° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 92% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 147° falls in Śukla Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:196:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3611:36 AM–12:1212:12 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:261:26 PM–14:022:02 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:294:29 PM–16:594:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:294:29 PM–17:585:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:313:31 AM+1–29:195:19 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:099:09 AM–09:459:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:369:36 AM–10:4510:45 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:031:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:122:12 PM–15:203:20 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:0710:07 PM–23:5511:55 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2510:25 PM–23:2411:24 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

Roga07:197:19 AM–08:278:27 AMavoid
Udvega08:278:27 AM–09:369:36 AMavoid
Cara09:369:36 AM–10:4510:45 AMneutral
Lābha10:4510:45 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:031:03 PMgood
Kāla13:031:03 PM–14:122:12 PMavoid
Śubha14:122:12 PM–15:203:20 PMgood
Roga15:203:20 PM–16:294:29 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:294:29 PM–18:206:20 PMavoid
Lābha18:206:20 PM–20:128:12 PMgood
Udvega20:128:12 PM–22:0310:03 PMavoid
Śubha22:0310:03 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:451:45 AM+1good
Cara25:451:45 AM+1–27:363:36 AM+1neutral
Roga27:363:36 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:285:28 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:294:29 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 31:077:07 AM+1
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 23:1711:17 PM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 18:176:17 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3611:36 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:122:12 PM–15:203:20 PM
Pradoṣa 16:294:29 PM–18:286:28 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18 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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:203:20 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 11 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:286:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśīpast sunriseCaturdaśī
NakṣatraRohiṇī31:07 07:077:07 AM WedMṛgaśirā
YogaŚubha23:1711:17 PMŚukla
KaraṇaKaulava18:176:17 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 756
Day length
9 h 11 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
13:511:51 PM
Moonset
29:535:53 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:196:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5910:59 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:099:09 AM09:459:45 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:369:36 AM10:4510:45 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:031:03 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM14:392:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:261:26 PM14:022:02 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:122:12 PM15:203:20 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:392:39 PM16:294:29 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:294:29 PM18:286:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:294:29 PM16:594:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:294:29 PM17:585:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:0710:07 PM23:5511:55 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2510:25 PM23:2411:24 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:313:31 AM+129:195:19 AM+1sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
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