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Wednesday 23 December 2015 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Trayodaśī

Budhavāra. Trayodaśī began at 01:201:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:0311:03 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 124 of 124 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:227:22 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1112:11 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:3911:39 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3911:39 AM
At noon, 11:3911:39 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 150° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 93% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 150° falls in Śukla Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:227:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:041:04 PM–13:381:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:083:08 PM–16:384:38 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli15:553:55 PM–16:264:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:553:55 PM–17:285:28 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:268:26 AM–09:309:30 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3510:35 AM–11:3911:39 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2211:22 AM–11:5611:56 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3911:39 AM–12:4312:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:227:22 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Amṛta08:268:26 AM–09:309:30 AMgood
Kāla09:309:30 AM–10:3510:35 AMavoid
Śubha10:3510:35 AM–11:3911:39 AMgood
Roga11:3911:39 AM–12:4312:43 PMavoid
Udvega12:4312:43 PM–13:471:47 PMavoid
Cara13:471:47 PM–14:512:51 PMneutral
Lābha14:512:51 PM–15:553:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega15:553:55 PM–17:515:51 PMavoid
Śubha17:515:51 PM–19:477:47 PMgood
Amṛta19:477:47 PM–21:439:43 PMgood
Cara21:439:43 PM–23:3911:39 PMneutral
Roga23:3911:39 PM–25:351:35 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:351:35 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:313:31 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Udvega29:275:27 AM+1–31:237:23 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:227:22 AM to 31:237:23 AM+1

07:227:22 AM sunrise15:553:55 PM sunsetsunrise 31:237:23 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Trayodaśīuntil 23:0311:03 PM
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 17:225:22 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 27:083:08 AM+1
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 12:1112:11 PM
Taitilauntil 23:0311:03 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3911:39 AM–12:4312:43 PM
Pradoṣa 15:553:55 PM–17:595:59 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03 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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4312:43 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 33 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 17:595:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  7. CaturdaśīTithi: Trayodaśī ends.
  8. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśī23:0311:03 PMCaturdaśī
NakṣatraKṛttikā17:225:22 PMRohiṇī
YogaSādhya27:08 03:083:08 AM ThuŚubha
KaraṇaKaulava12:1112:11 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:23 07:237:23 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 914
Day length
8 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
14:312:31 PM
Moonset
29:275:27 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:227:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:227:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:227:22 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:268:26 AM09:309:30 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3510:35 AM11:3911:39 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1511:15 AM12:0312:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2211:22 AM11:5611:56 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3911:39 AM12:4312:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3012:30 PM14:132:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:041:04 PM13:381:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:132:13 PM15:553:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:083:08 PM16:384:38 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk15:553:55 PM17:595:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:553:55 PM16:264:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:553:55 PM17:285:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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