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March 2018 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Thursday 8 March 2018 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 02:012:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:453:45+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:216:21 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:482:48 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2112:21 PM

The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:2112:21 PM
At noon, 12:2112:21 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 257° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 61% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 257° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:454:45 AM–05:335:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:095:09 AM–06:216:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5711:57 AM–12:4612:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:241:24 PM–15:093:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:103:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:226:22 PM–18:466:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:226:22 PM–19:347:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:216:21 AM–07:517:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:219:21 AM–10:5110:51 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2110:21 AM–11:0911:09 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:521:52 PM–15:223:22 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:103:10 PM–15:583:58 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

Śubha06:216:21 AM–07:517:51 AMgood
Roga07:517:51 AM–09:219:21 AMavoid
Udvega09:219:21 AM–10:5110:51 AMavoid
Cara10:5110:51 AM–12:2112:21 PMneutral
Lābha12:2112:21 PM–13:521:52 PMgood
Amṛta13:521:52 PM–15:223:22 PMgood
Kāla15:223:22 PM–16:524:52 PMavoid
Śubha16:524:52 PM–18:226:22 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:226:22 PM–19:527:52 PMgood
Cara19:527:52 PM–21:229:22 PMneutral
Roga21:229:22 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Kāla22:5110:51 PM–24:2112:21+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:2112:21+1 AM–25:511:51+1 AMgood
Udvega25:511:51+1 AM–27:213:21+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:213:21+1 AM–28:514:51+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:514:51+1 AM–30:206:20+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:216:21 AM to 30:206:20+1 AM

06:216:21 AM sunrise18:226:22 PM sunsetsunrise 30:206:20+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 27:453:45+1 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Anurādhāuntil 24:4512:45+1 AM
Jyeṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 17:205:20 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 14:482:48 PM
Bavauntil 27:453:45+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5711:57 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:521:52 PM–15:223:22 PM
Pradoṣa 18:226:22 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 23:5711:57 PM–24:4512:45+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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4612:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:223:22 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 01 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4512:45+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. JyeṣṭhāNakṣatra: Anurādhā ends.
  10. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī27:45 03:453:45 AM FriAṣṭamī
NakṣatraAnurādhā24:45 00:4512:45 AM FriJyeṣṭhā
YogaHarṣaṇa17:205:20 PMVajra
KaraṇaViṣṭi14:482:48 PMBava
VāraGuruvāra30:20 06:206:20 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 720
Day length
12 h 01 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
23:5311:53 PM
Moonset
11:0911:09 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:454:45 AM06:216:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:454:45 AM05:335:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:095:09 AM06:216:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:216:21 AM08:458:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:216:21 AM07:517:51 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:458:45 AM11:0911:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:219:21 AM10:5110:51 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2110:21 AM11:0911:09 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:4612:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5711:57 AM12:4512:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:241:24 PM15:093:09 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:341:34 PM15:583:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:521:52 PM15:223:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:103:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:103:10 PM15:583:58 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:583:58 PM18:226:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:226:22 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:226:22 PM18:466:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:226:22 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5711:57 PM24:4512:45+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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