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Saturday 29 December 2012 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 18:216:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:278:27 PM.

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

07:277:27 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 188° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 188° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

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

Avoid

  • Gulika07:247:24 AM–08:298:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:247:24 AM–07:597:59 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:597:59 AM–08:338:33 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:339:33 AM–10:3810:38 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:4712:47 PM–13:511:51 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:259:25 PM–23:1011:10 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

Kāla07:247:24 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Śubha08:298:29 AM–09:339:33 AMgood
Roga09:339:33 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Udvega10:3810:38 AM–11:4211:42 AMavoid
Cara11:4211:42 AM–12:4712:47 PMneutral
Lābha12:4712:47 PM–13:511:51 PMgood
Amṛta13:511:51 PM–14:562:56 PMgood
Kāla14:562:56 PM–16:004:00 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:004:00 PM–17:565:56 PMgood
Udvega17:565:56 PM–19:517:51 PMavoid
Śubha19:517:51 PM–21:479:47 PMgood
Amṛta21:479:47 PM–23:4211:42 PMgood
Cara23:4211:42 PM–25:381:38 AM+1neutral
Roga25:381:38 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:333:33 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:295:29 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1good

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
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 20:278:27 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 08:148:14 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 07:407:40 AM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:277:27 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:278:27 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:339:33 AM–10:3810:38 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  4. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3810:38 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  6. AbhijitUntil 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 8 h 36 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:036:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0612:06 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā20:278:27 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraĀrdrā08:148:14 AMPunarvasu
YogaBrahma07:407:40 AMIndra
KaraṇaBālava07:277:27 AMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra31:24 07:247:24 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 825
Day length
8 h 36 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
17:075:07 PM
Moonset
07:297:29 AM

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
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:247:24 AM08:298:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:247:24 AM07:597:59 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:597:59 AM08:338:33 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:339:33 AM10:3810:38 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
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
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3412:34 PM14:172:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:4712:47 PM13:511:51 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:081:08 PM13:421:42 PM11th 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
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:259:25 PM23:1011:10 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1811:18 PM24:0612:06 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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