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January 2004 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 14 January 2004 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 00:2512:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2611:26 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5911:59 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:4912:49 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:4912:49 PM
At noon, 12:4912:49 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 258° ahead of it, in Hasta, 60% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 258° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:086:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:472:47 PM–15:343:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:244:24 PM–17:595:59 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:426:42 PM–19:067:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:426:42 PM–19:557:55 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:258:25 AM–09:539:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:2111:21 AM–12:4912:49 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:4912:49 PM–14:182:18 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya30:036:03+1 AM–31:367:36+1 AMa 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

Lābha06:576:57 AM–08:258:25 AMgood
Amṛta08:258:25 AM–09:539:53 AMgood
Kāla09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMavoid
Śubha11:2111:21 AM–12:4912:49 PMgood
Roga12:4912:49 PM–14:182:18 PMavoid
Udvega14:182:18 PM–15:463:46 PMavoid
Cara15:463:46 PM–17:145:14 PMneutral
Lābha17:145:14 PM–18:426:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:426:42 PM–20:148:14 PMavoid
Śubha20:148:14 PM–21:469:46 PMgood
Amṛta21:469:46 PM–23:1811:18 PMgood
Cara23:1811:18 PM–24:5012:50+1 AMneutral
Roga24:5012:50+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:212:21+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:533:53+1 AM–29:255:25+1 AMgood
Udvega29:255:25+1 AM–30:576:57+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57+1 AM

06:576:57 AM sunrise18:426:42 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 23:2611:26 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 22:1910:19 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 16:594:59 PM
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:5911:59 AM
Bavauntil 23:2611:26 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:4912:49 PM–14:182:18 PM
Pradoṣa 18:426:42 PM–20:208:20 PM
Niśītha 24:2612:26+1 AM–25:141:14+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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:182:18 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:208:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  8. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:141:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī23:2611:26 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraHasta22:1910:19 PMCitrā
YogaAtigaṇḍa16:594:59 PMSukarmā
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:5911:59 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 553
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:2212:22+1 AM
Moonset
11:5211:52 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:086:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:435:43 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:258:25 AM09:539:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:189:18 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:2111:21 AM12:4912:49 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2512:25 PM13:131:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:131:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:4912:49 PM14:182:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:002:00 PM16:214:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:472:47 PM15:343:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:214:21 PM18:426:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:244:24 PM17:595:59 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:426:42 PM20:208:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:426:42 PM19:067:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:426:42 PM19:557:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2612:26+1 AM25:141:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra30:036:03+1 AM31:367:36+1 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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