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Tuesday 30 December 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Tṛtīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 01:311:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:473:47+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:412:41 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:2912:29 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 21 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2912:29 PM
At noon, 12:2912:29 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 29° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 6% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 29° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:525:52 AM–06:506:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:216:21 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1112:11 PM–12:4812:48 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:402:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:105:10 PM–17:395:39 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:105:10 PM–18:386:38 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:517:51 PM–21:389:38 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya09:119:11 AM–10:5710:57 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:419:41 AM–10:1910:19 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0910:09 AM–11:1911:19 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2912:29 PM–13:401:40 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:502:50 PM–16:004:00 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0211:02 PM–24:0012:00+1 AMan 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

Roga07:497:49 AM–08:598:59 AMavoid
Udvega08:598:59 AM–10:0910:09 AMavoid
Cara10:0910:09 AM–11:1911:19 AMneutral
Lābha11:1911:19 AM–12:2912:29 PMgood
Amṛta12:2912:29 PM–13:401:40 PMgood
Kāla13:401:40 PM–14:502:50 PMavoid
Śubha14:502:50 PM–16:004:00 PMgood
Roga16:004:00 PM–17:105:10 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:105:10 PM–19:007:00 PMavoid
Lābha19:007:00 PM–20:508:50 PMgood
Udvega20:508:50 PM–22:4010:40 PMavoid
Śubha22:4010:40 PM–24:3012:30+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:3012:30+1 AM–26:192:19+1 AMgood
Cara26:192:19+1 AM–28:094:09+1 AMneutral
Roga28:094:09+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:595:59+1 AM–31:497:49+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49+1 AM

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:105:10 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 27:473:47+1 AM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 31:247:24+1 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 27:073:07+1 AM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 14:412:41 PM
Garauntil 27:473:47+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1112:11 PM–12:4812:48 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:502:50 PM–16:004:00 PM
Pradoṣa 17:105:10 PM–19:077:07 PM
Niśītha 24:0612:06+1 AM–24:5412:54+1 AM

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. SunriseTṛtīyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4812:48 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:004:00 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 21 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:077:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:5412:54+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  9. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Tṛtīyā27:47 03:473:47 AM WedCaturthī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa31:24 07:247:24 AM WedDhaniṣṭhā
YogaHarṣaṇa27:07 03:073:07 AM WedVajra
KaraṇaTaitila14:412:41 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:49 07:497:49 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2065
Śaka
1930
Kali
5109
Ahargaṇa
1 866 365
Day length
9 h 21 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:369:36 AM
Moonset
19:437:43 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:525:52 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:525:52 AM06:506:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:216:21 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:419:41 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:119:11 AM10:5710:57 AMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:419:41 AM11:3311:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:419:41 AM10:1910:19 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0910:09 AM11:1911:19 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0512:05 PM12:5312:53 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1112:11 PM12:4812:48 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2912:29 PM13:401:40 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:261:26 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:402:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:502:50 PM16:004:00 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:105:10 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:105:10 PM19:077:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:105:10 PM17:395:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:105:10 PM18:386:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:517:51 PM21:389:38 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0211:02 PM24:0012:00+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0612:06+1 AM24:5412:54+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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