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

Wednesday 8 December 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 19:257:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:019:01 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:057:05 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:088:08 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 260° ahead of it, in Maghā, 59% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 260° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:075:07 AM–06:066:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:375:37 AM–07:057:05 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:2311:23 AM–13:071:07 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:151:15 PM–13:521:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:194:19 PM–16:494:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:194:19 PM–17:485:48 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:158:15 AM–09:249:24 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3310:33 AM–11:4211:42 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2411:24 AM–12:0112:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4211:42 AM–12:5212:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:4810:48 PM–24:3412:34 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

Lābha07:057:05 AM–08:158:15 AMgood
Amṛta08:158:15 AM–09:249:24 AMgood
Kāla09:249:24 AM–10:3310:33 AMavoid
Śubha10:3310:33 AM–11:4211:42 AMgood
Roga11:4211:42 AM–12:5212:52 PMavoid
Udvega12:5212:52 PM–14:012:01 PMavoid
Cara14:012:01 PM–15:103:10 PMneutral
Lābha15:103:10 PM–16:194:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:194:19 PM–18:106:10 PMavoid
Śubha18:106:10 PM–20:018:01 PMgood
Amṛta20:018:01 PM–21:529:52 PMgood
Cara21:529:52 PM–23:4311:43 PMneutral
Roga23:4311:43 PM–25:341:34 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:341:34 AM+1–27:253:25 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:253:25 AM+1–29:155:15 AM+1good
Udvega29:155:15 AM+1–31:067:06 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:057:05 AM to 31:067:06 AM+1

07:057:05 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:067:06 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 21:019:01 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 13:581:58 PM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 27:283:28 AM+1
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 08:088:08 AM
Bavauntil 21:019:01 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4211:42 AM–12:5212:52 PM
Pradoṣa 16:194:19 PM–18:176:17 PM
Niśītha 23:1911:19 PM–24:0712:07 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5212:52 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 14 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:176:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī21:019:01 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraMaghā13:581:58 PMPūrva Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha27:28 03:283:28 AM ThuPrīti
KaraṇaViṣṭi08:088:08 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:06 07:067:06 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 828
Day length
9 h 14 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
23:1411:14 PM
Moonset
11:3311:33 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:075:07 AM07:057:05 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:075:07 AM06:066:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:375:37 AM07:057:05 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:057:05 AM08:568:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:158:15 AM09:249:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:568:56 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3310:33 AM11:4211:42 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:2311:23 AM13:071:07 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:0112:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4211:42 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3812:38 PM14:282:28 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:151:15 PM13:521:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:282:28 PM16:194:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:194:19 PM18:176:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:194:19 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:194:19 PM17:485:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:4810:48 PM24:3412:34 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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