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Tuesday 26 December 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 01:221:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:463:46 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:247:24 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2012:20 PM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 5° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 5° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:226:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:247:24 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–11:5811:58 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:061:06 PM–13:411:41 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:583:58 PM–16:284:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:583:58 PM–17:305:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:494:49 AM+1–30:376:37 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:069:06 AM–09:419:41 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:329:32 AM–10:3610:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4111:41 AM–12:4512:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:491:49 PM–14:532:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:046:04 PM–19:517:51 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:0810:08 PM–23:1011:10 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

Roga07:247:24 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Udvega08:288:28 AM–09:329:32 AMavoid
Cara09:329:32 AM–10:3610:36 AMneutral
Lābha10:3610:36 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Amṛta11:4111:41 AM–12:4512:45 PMgood
Kāla12:4512:45 PM–13:491:49 PMavoid
Śubha13:491:49 PM–14:532:53 PMgood
Roga14:532:53 PM–15:583:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla15:583:58 PM–17:535:53 PMavoid
Lābha17:535:53 PM–19:497:49 PMgood
Udvega19:497:49 PM–21:459:45 PMavoid
Śubha21:459:45 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Amṛta23:4111:41 PM–25:371:37 AM+1good
Cara25:371:37 AM+1–27:323:32 AM+1neutral
Roga27:323:32 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:285:28 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:247:24 AM sunrise15:583:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 27:463:46 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 12:2012:20 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 14:322:32 PM
Bavauntil 27:463:46 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–11:5811:58 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:491:49 PM–14:532:53 PM
Pradoṣa 15:583:58 PM–18:016:01 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:5811:58 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:532:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 34 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:016:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā27:46 03:463:46 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi12:2012:20 PMDhruva
KaraṇaKiṃstughna14:322:32 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:24 07:247:24 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 439
Day length
8 h 34 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:397:39 AM
Moonset
16:234:23 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:247:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:226:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:247:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:247:24 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:069:06 AM09:419:41 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:329:32 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM12:4512:45 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3212:32 PM14:152:15 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:061:06 PM13:411:41 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:491:49 PM14:532:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:152:15 PM15:583:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:583:58 PM18:016:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:583:58 PM16:284:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:583:58 PM17:305:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:046:04 PM19:517:51 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:0810:08 PM23:1011:10 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:494:49 AM+130:376:37 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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