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Saturday 16 January 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Saptamī

Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 22:2710:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:268:26 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:269:26 AM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 79° ahead of it, in Revatī, 41% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 79° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AM
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PM
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PM
  • Godhūli16:194:19 PM–16:494:49 PM
  • Amṛta kāla25:271:27 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1

Avoid

  • Gulika07:207:20 AM–08:288:28 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:207:20 AM–07:567:56 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:567:56 AM–08:328:32 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PM
  • Varjya16:234:23 PM–17:545:54 PM

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

Kāla07:207:20 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Śubha08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Roga09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Udvega10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMavoid
Cara11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMneutral
Lābha12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMgood
Amṛta14:042:04 PM–15:123:12 PMgood
Kāla15:123:12 PM–16:194:19 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:194:19 PM–18:126:12 PMgood
Udvega18:126:12 PM–20:048:04 PMavoid
Śubha20:048:04 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Amṛta21:579:57 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1neutral
Roga25:421:42 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:343:34 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:207:20 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 20:268:26 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 27:433:43 AM+1
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 19:127:12 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 09:269:26 AM
Vaṇijauntil 20:268:26 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Pradoṣa 16:194:19 PM–18:196:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4210:42 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:196:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  8. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  9. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī20:268:26 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraRevatī27:43 03:433:43 AM SunAśvinī
YogaŚiva19:127:12 PMSiddha
KaraṇaGara09:269:26 AMVaṇija
VāraŚanivāra31:20 07:207:20 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 938
Day length
8 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
10:4110:41 AM
Moonset
23:4611:46 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:205:20 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:207:20 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:207:20 AM08:288:28 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:207:20 AM07:567:56 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta07:567:56 AM08:328:32 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:359:35 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:3211:32 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa12:4412:44 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa12:5712:57 PM14:042:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna14:312:31 PM16:194:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa16:194:19 PM18:196:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:194:19 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:194:19 PM17:495:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya16:234:23 PM17:545:54 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla25:271:27 AM+126:582:58 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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