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Monday 29 December 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:591:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5712:57 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:247:24 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:311:31 PM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 353° ahead of it, in Mūla, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 353° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:236:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:247:24 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–11:5911:59 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:081:08 PM–13:421:42 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:004:00 PM–16:314:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:004:00 PM–17:325:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:085:08 PM–18:436:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:417:41 AM–09:159:15 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:298:29 AM–09:339:33 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3810:38 AM–11:4211:42 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM–12:3412:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:4612:46 PM–13:511:51 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:421:42 PM–14:172:17 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya21:529:52 PM–23:2611:26 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

Amṛta07:247:24 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Kāla08:298:29 AM–09:339:33 AMavoid
Śubha09:339:33 AM–10:3810:38 AMgood
Roga10:3810:38 AM–11:4211:42 AMavoid
Udvega11:4211:42 AM–12:4612:46 PMavoid
Cara12:4612:46 PM–13:511:51 PMneutral
Lābha13:511:51 PM–14:552:55 PMgood
Amṛta14:552:55 PM–16:004:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:004:00 PM–17:555:55 PMneutral
Roga17:555:55 PM–19:517:51 PMavoid
Kāla19:517:51 PM–21:469:46 PMavoid
Lābha21:469:46 PM–23:4211:42 PMgood
Udvega23:4211:42 PM–25:381:38 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:381:38 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1good
Amṛta27:333:33 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1good
Cara29:295:29 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:247:24 AM to 31:247:24 AM+1

07:247:24 AM sunrise16:004:00 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 24:5712:57 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 23:2611:26 PM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 22:0910:09 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 13:311:31 PM
Nāgauntil 24:5712:57 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:298:29 AM–09:339:33 AM
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–11:5911:59 AM
Pradoṣa 16:004:00 PM–18:036:03 PM
Niśītha 23:1811:18 PM–24:0612:06 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:339:33 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:036:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0612:06 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  10. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  11. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā24:57 00:5712:57 AM TuePratipadā
NakṣatraMūla23:2611:26 PMPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi22:0910:09 PMDhruva
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda13:311:31 PMNāga
VāraSomavāra31:24 07:247:24 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 346
Day length
8 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
31:217:21 AM+1
Moonset
15:543:54 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:247:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:236:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:247:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:247:24 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:417:41 AM09:159:15 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:298:29 AM09:339:33 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3810:38 AM11:4211:42 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:3412:34 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3412:34 PM14:172:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4612:46 PM13:511:51 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:081:08 PM13:421:42 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:421:42 PM14:172:17 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:172:17 PM16:004:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:004:00 PM18:036:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:004:00 PM16:314:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:004:00 PM17:325:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:085:08 PM18:436:43 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:529:52 PM23:2611:26 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1811:18 PM24:0612:06 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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