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Tuesday 31 December 2024 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 06:276:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:525:52 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:257:25 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:136:13 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4311:43 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 37 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4311:43 AM
At noon, 11:4311:43 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 3° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 3° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:236:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:257:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:0012:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:091:09 PM–13:441:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:024:02 PM–16:324:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:024:02 PM–17:345:34 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:459:45 PM–23:2111:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:429:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:349:34 AM–10:3810:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4311:43 AM–12:4812:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:0612:06 PM–13:421:42 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla13:521:52 PM–14:572:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1110:11 PM–23:1211:12 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

Roga07:257:25 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Udvega08:298:29 AM–09:349:34 AMavoid
Cara09:349:34 AM–10:3810:38 AMneutral
Lābha10:3810:38 AM–11:4311:43 AMgood
Amṛta11:4311:43 AM–12:4812:48 PMgood
Kāla12:4812:48 PM–13:521:52 PMavoid
Śubha13:521:52 PM–14:572:57 PMgood
Roga14:572:57 PM–16:024:02 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:024:02 PM–17:575:57 PMavoid
Lābha17:575:57 PM–19:527:52 PMgood
Udvega19:527:52 PM–21:489:48 PMavoid
Śubha21:489:48 PM–23:4311:43 PMgood
Amṛta23:4311:43 PM–25:381:38 AM+1good
Cara25:381:38 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1neutral
Roga27:343:34 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:295:29 AM+1–31:257:25 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:257:25 AM to 31:257:25 AM+1

07:257:25 AM sunrise16:024:02 PM sunsetsunrise 31:257:25 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 29:525:52 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 26:342:34 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 21:299:29 PM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 18:136:13 PM
Bavauntil 29:525:52 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:0012:00 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:521:52 PM–14:572:57 PM
Pradoṣa 16:024:02 PM–18:056:05 PM
Niśītha 23:1911:19 PM–24:0712:07 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 12:0012:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:572:57 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 37 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:056:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  7. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā29:52 05:525:52 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā26:34 02:342:34 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva21:299:29 PMVyāghāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna18:136:13 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:25 07:257:25 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 210
Day length
8 h 37 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:088:08 AM
Moonset
15:503:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:257:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:236:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:257:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:257:25 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:089:08 AM09:429:42 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:349:34 AM10:3810:38 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:0012:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4311:43 AM12:4812:48 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:421:42 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3512:35 PM14:182:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:091:09 PM13:441:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:521:52 PM14:572:57 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:182:18 PM16:024:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:024:02 PM18:056:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:024:02 PM16:324:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:024:02 PM17:345:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:459:45 PM23:2111:21 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1110:11 PM23:1211:12 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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