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Thursday 24 March 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 20:018:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:3010:30 PM.

Observed here on this day

Holī

Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary. Why this date, here

AlsoVasantotsava determinate

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:149:14 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 187° ahead of it, in Hasta, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 187° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:024:02 AM–04:494:49 AM
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:1112:11 PM
  • Vijaya13:501:50 PM–14:402:40 PM
  • Amṛta kāla17:515:51 PM–19:397:39 PM
  • Godhūli17:585:58 PM–18:216:21 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:365:36 AM–07:087:08 AM
  • Varjya07:047:04 AM–08:528:52 AM
  • Gulika08:418:41 AM–10:1410:14 AM
  • Durmuhūrta09:439:43 AM–10:3210:32 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:402:40 PM–15:293:29 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

Śubha05:365:36 AM–07:087:08 AMgood
Roga07:087:08 AM–08:418:41 AMavoid
Udvega08:418:41 AM–10:1410:14 AMavoid
Cara10:1410:14 AM–11:4711:47 AMneutral
Lābha11:4711:47 AM–13:191:19 PMgood
Amṛta13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Kāla14:522:52 PM–16:254:25 PMavoid
Śubha16:254:25 PM–17:585:58 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:585:58 PM–19:257:25 PMgood
Cara19:257:25 PM–20:528:52 PMneutral
Roga20:528:52 PM–22:1910:19 PMavoid
Kāla22:1910:19 PM–23:4611:46 PMavoid
Lābha23:4611:46 PM–25:131:13 AM+1good
Udvega25:131:13 AM+1–26:402:40 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:402:40 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1good
Amṛta28:074:07 AM+1–29:345:34 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:345:34 AM+1

05:365:36 AM sunrise17:585:58 PM sunsetsunrise 29:345:34 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 22:3010:30 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 24:3612:36 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 11:2511:25 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 09:149:14 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:3010:30 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:1112:11 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:191:19 PM–14:522:52 PM
Pradoṣa 17:585:58 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1112:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:522:52 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 22 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā22:3010:30 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraHasta24:36 00:3612:36 AM FriCitrā
YogaVṛddhi11:2511:25 AMDhruva
KaraṇaBālava09:149:14 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra29:34 05:345:34 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 869 006
Day length
12 h 22 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
18:466:46 PM
Moonset
05:555:55 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:024:02 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:024:02 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā04:264:26 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla05:365:36 AM08:048:04 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa05:365:36 AM07:087:08 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Varjya07:047:04 AM08:528:52 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgava08:048:04 AM10:3210:32 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika08:418:41 AM10:1410:14 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta09:439:43 AM10:3210:32 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijit11:2211:22 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇa13:011:01 PM15:293:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:191:19 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya13:501:50 PM14:402:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:402:40 PM15:293:29 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:293:29 PM17:585:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla17:515:51 PM19:397:39 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣa17:585:58 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:585:58 PM18:216:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:585:58 PM19:077:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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