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January 2015 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Friday 16 January 2015 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Daśamī

Śukravāra. Daśamī began at 07:407:40 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:527:52 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

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

AlsoṢaṭtilā Ekādaśī boundary

At sunrise

07:477:47 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:527:52 AM

Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.

Noon

12:3612:36 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 39 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3612:36 PM
At noon, 12:3612:36 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 302° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 23% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 302° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:525:52 AM–06:506:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:216:21 AM–07:477:47 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1712:17 PM–12:5612:56 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:132:13 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:265:26 PM–17:545:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:265:26 PM–18:526:52 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:4812:48+1 AM–26:232:23+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:439:43 AM–10:2210:22 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:2411:24 AM–12:3712:37 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5612:56 PM–13:341:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:013:01 PM–16:134:13 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:173:17 PM–16:524:52 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Cara07:477:47 AM–09:009:00 AMneutral
Lābha09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMgood
Amṛta10:1210:12 AM–11:2411:24 AMgood
Kāla11:2411:24 AM–12:3712:37 PMavoid
Śubha12:3712:37 PM–13:491:49 PMgood
Roga13:491:49 PM–15:013:01 PMavoid
Udvega15:013:01 PM–16:134:13 PMavoid
Cara16:134:13 PM–17:265:26 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:265:26 PM–19:137:13 PMavoid
Kāla19:137:13 PM–21:019:01 PMavoid
Lābha21:019:01 PM–22:4910:49 PMgood
Udvega22:4910:49 PM–24:3612:36+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:3612:36+1 AM–26:242:24+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:242:24+1 AM–28:124:12+1 AMgood
Cara28:124:12+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMneutral
Roga29:595:59+1 AM–31:477:47+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:477:47 AM to 31:477:47+1 AM

07:477:47 AM sunrise17:265:26 PM sunsetsunrise 31:477:47+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Daśamīuntil 07:527:52 AM
Ekādaśīuntil 31:107:10+1 AM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 11:1911:19 AM
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 25:221:22+1 AM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:527:52 AM
Bavauntil 19:377:37 PM
Bālavauntil 31:107:10+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:2411:24 AM–12:3712:37 PM
Abhijit 12:1712:17 PM–12:5612:56 PM
Pradoṣa 17:265:26 PM–19:217:21 PM
Niśītha 24:1212:12+1 AM–25:001:00+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. SunriseDaśamī holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:3712:37 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  6. AbhijitUntil 12:5612:56 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 39 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:217:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:001:00+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  12. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  13. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  14. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Daśamī07:527:52 AMEkādaśī
NakṣatraViśākhā11:1911:19 AMAnurādhā
YogaGaṇḍa25:22 01:221:22 AM SatVṛddhi
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:527:52 AMBava
VāraŚukravāra31:47 07:477:47 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 573
Day length
9 h 39 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
28:104:10+1 AM
Moonset
13:351:35 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:525:52 AM07:477:47 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:525:52 AM06:506:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:216:21 AM07:477:47 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:477:47 AM09:439:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:009:00 AM10:1210:12 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:439:43 AM10:2210:22 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:2411:24 AM12:3712:37 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1312:13 PM13:011:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1712:17 PM12:5612:56 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:341:34 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:341:34 PM15:303:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:132:13 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:013:01 PM16:134:13 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:173:17 PM16:524:52 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:303:30 PM17:265:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:265:26 PM19:217:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:265:26 PM17:545:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:265:26 PM18:526:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1212:12+1 AM25:001:00+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:4812:48+1 AM26:232:23+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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