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Monday 15 January 2024 · Daegu, South Korea

Pauṣa Śukla Caturthī

Somavāra. Caturthī began at 11:3011:30 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:308:30 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:367:36 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:308:30 AM

Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaegu12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 50° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 18% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 50° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:435:43 AM–06:406:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:116:11 AM–07:367:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1512:15 PM–12:5512:55 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:152:15 PM–14:542:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:345:34 PM–18:026:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:345:34 PM–18:586:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:192:19+1 AM–27:473:47+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:508:50 AM–10:0510:05 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2011:20 AM–12:3512:35 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5512:55 PM–13:351:35 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:501:50 PM–15:043:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:542:54 PM–15:343:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:305:30 PM–18:586:58 PMa 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

Amṛta07:367:36 AM–08:508:50 AMgood
Kāla08:508:50 AM–10:0510:05 AMavoid
Śubha10:0510:05 AM–11:2011:20 AMgood
Roga11:2011:20 AM–12:3512:35 PMavoid
Udvega12:3512:35 PM–13:501:50 PMavoid
Cara13:501:50 PM–15:043:04 PMneutral
Lābha15:043:04 PM–16:194:19 PMgood
Amṛta16:194:19 PM–17:345:34 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:345:34 PM–19:197:19 PMneutral
Roga19:197:19 PM–21:049:04 PMavoid
Kāla21:049:04 PM–22:5010:50 PMavoid
Lābha22:5010:50 PM–24:3512:35+1 AMgood
Udvega24:3512:35+1 AM–26:202:20+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:202:20+1 AM–28:054:05+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:054:05+1 AM–29:505:50+1 AMgood
Cara29:505:50+1 AM–31:357:35+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:367:36 AM to 31:357:35+1 AM

07:367:36 AM sunrise17:345:34 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 08:308:30 AM
Pañcamīuntil 29:475:47+1 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 11:3711:37 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 26:412:41+1 AM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 08:308:30 AM
Bavauntil 19:067:06 PM
Bālavauntil 29:475:47+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:508:50 AM–10:0510:05 AM
Abhijit 12:1512:15 PM–12:5512:55 PM
Pradoṣa 17:345:34 PM–19:267:26 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11+1 AM–24:5912:59+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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0510:05 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  5. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 12:5512:55 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 58 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:267:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  12. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  13. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  14. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturthī08:308:30 AMPañcamī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā11:3711:37 AMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān26:41 02:412:41 AM TueParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi08:308:30 AMBava
VāraSomavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 859
Day length
9 h 58 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:2310:23 AM
Moonset
21:579:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:435:43 AM07:367:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:435:43 AM06:406:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:116:11 AM07:367:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:367:36 AM09:359:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:508:50 AM10:0510:05 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:359:35 AM11:3511:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2011:20 AM12:3512:35 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1512:15 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5512:55 PM13:351:35 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:351:35 PM15:343:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:501:50 PM15:043:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:152:15 PM14:542:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:542:54 PM15:343:34 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:343:34 PM17:345:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:305:30 PM18:586:58 PMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:345:34 PM19:267:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:345:34 PM18:026:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:345:34 PM18:586:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11+1 AM24:5912:59+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:192:19+1 AM27:473:47+1 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
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