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Tuesday 26 January 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 19:537:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:554:55 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:097:09 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:088:08 AM

Vajra gives way to Siddhi.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 48 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 357° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 357° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:165:16 AM–06:136:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:445:44 AM–07:097:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4411:44 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:212:21 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:574:57 PM–17:265:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:574:57 PM–18:226:22 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:2712:27+1 AM–25:531:53+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:079:07 AM–09:469:46 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:369:36 AM–10:5010:50 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0312:03 PM–13:171:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:302:30 PM–15:443:44 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:493:49 PM–17:155:15 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:3810:38 PM–23:3511:35 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

Roga07:097:09 AM–08:238:23 AMavoid
Udvega08:238:23 AM–09:369:36 AMavoid
Cara09:369:36 AM–10:5010:50 AMneutral
Lābha10:5010:50 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Amṛta12:0312:03 PM–13:171:17 PMgood
Kāla13:171:17 PM–14:302:30 PMavoid
Śubha14:302:30 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Roga15:443:44 PM–16:574:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:574:57 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid
Lābha18:446:44 PM–20:308:30 PMgood
Udvega20:308:30 PM–22:1710:17 PMavoid
Śubha22:1710:17 PM–24:0312:03+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:0312:03+1 AM–25:491:49+1 AMgood
Cara25:491:49+1 AM–27:363:36+1 AMneutral
Roga27:363:36+1 AM–29:225:22+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:225:22+1 AM–31:097:09+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:097:09 AM to 31:097:09+1 AM

07:097:09 AM sunrise16:574:57 PM sunsetsunrise 31:097:09+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 16:554:55 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 12:1412:14 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 08:088:08 AM
Siddhiuntil 28:214:21+1 AM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Nāgauntil 16:554:55 PM
Kiṃstughnauntil 27:203:20+1 AM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4411:44 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:302:30 PM–15:443:44 PM
Pradoṣa 16:574:57 PM–18:516:51 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27+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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:443:44 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  7. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 9 h 48 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 18:516:51 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  12. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā16:554:55 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā12:1412:14 PMŚravaṇa
YogaVajra08:088:08 AMSiddhi
KaraṇaNāga16:554:55 PMKiṃstughna
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:09 07:097:09 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2027
Śaka
1892
Kali
5071
Ahargaṇa
1 852 512
Day length
9 h 48 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
07:107:10 AM
Moonset
16:444:44 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:165:16 AM07:097:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:165:16 AM06:136:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:445:44 AM07:097:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:097:09 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM11:0511:05 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:079:07 AM09:469:46 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:369:36 AM10:5010:50 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4411:44 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:171:17 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM15:003:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:212:21 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:302:30 PM15:443:44 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:003:00 PM16:574:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:493:49 PM17:155:15 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:574:57 PM18:516:51 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:574:57 PM17:265:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:574:57 PM18:226:22 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3810:38 PM23:3511:35 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:2712:27+1 AM25:531:53+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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