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December 1971 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 1 December 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pūrṇimā

Budhavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 04:544:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:481:48 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Dattātreyotpatti · Datta Jayanti

Pūrṇimā covers 117 of 117 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:586:58 AM

Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:193:19 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 172° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 99% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 172° falls in Śukla Pūrṇimā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–06:006:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:315:31 AM–06:586:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:131:13 PM–13:511:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla13:531:53 PM–15:193:19 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:204:20 PM–16:504:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:204:20 PM–17:485:48 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:098:09 AM–09:199:19 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2910:29 AM–11:3911:39 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2111:21 AM–11:5811:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3911:39 AM–12:5012:50 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya30:346:34 AM+1–32:018:01 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha06:586:58 AM–08:098:09 AMgood
Amṛta08:098:09 AM–09:199:19 AMgood
Kāla09:199:19 AM–10:2910:29 AMavoid
Śubha10:2910:29 AM–11:3911:39 AMgood
Roga11:3911:39 AM–12:5012:50 PMavoid
Udvega12:5012:50 PM–14:002:00 PMavoid
Cara14:002:00 PM–15:103:10 PMneutral
Lābha15:103:10 PM–16:204:20 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:204:20 PM–18:106:10 PMavoid
Śubha18:106:10 PM–20:008:00 PMgood
Amṛta20:008:00 PM–21:509:50 PMgood
Cara21:509:50 PM–23:4011:40 PMneutral
Roga23:4011:40 PM–25:301:30 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:301:30 AM+1–27:203:20 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:203:20 AM+1–29:105:10 AM+1good
Udvega29:105:10 AM+1–30:596:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:586:58 AM to 30:596:59 AM+1

06:586:58 AM sunrise16:204:20 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pūrṇimāuntil 25:481:48 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 16:024:02 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 17:405:40 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 15:193:19 PM
Bavauntil 25:481:48 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3911:39 AM–12:5012:50 PM
Pradoṣa 16:204:20 PM–18:186:18 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04 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. SunrisePūrṇimā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5012:50 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 22 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:186:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PratipadāTithi: Pūrṇimā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pūrṇimā25:48 01:481:48 AM ThuPratipadā
NakṣatraKṛttikā16:024:02 PMRohiṇī
YogaŚiva17:405:40 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi15:193:19 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 821
Day length
9 h 22 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
15:343:34 PM
Moonset
none

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:586:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM06:006:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:315:31 AM06:586:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:586:58 AM08:518:51 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:098:09 AM09:199:19 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:518:51 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2910:29 AM11:3911:39 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1511:15 AM12:0312:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2111:21 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3911:39 AM12:5012:50 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3612:36 PM14:282:28 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:131:13 PM13:511:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:531:53 PM15:193:19 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:282:28 PM16:204:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:204:20 PM18:186:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:204:20 PM16:504:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:204:20 PM17:485:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra30:346:34 AM+132:018:01 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
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