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Tuesday 12 January 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Tṛtīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 06:306:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:364:36+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

09:329:32 AM

Vajra gives way to Siddhi.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 27° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 6% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 27° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:535:53 AM–06:516:51 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:226:22 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1612:16 PM–12:5412:54 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:102:10 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:215:21 PM–17:505:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:215:21 PM–18:486:48 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:1811:18 PM–24:4912:49+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:439:43 AM–10:2110:21 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1210:12 AM–11:2311:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3512:35 PM–13:471:47 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:122:12 PM–15:433:43 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:582:58 PM–16:104:10 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0811:08 PM–24:0612:06+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–09:009:00 AMavoid
Udvega09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMavoid
Cara10:1210:12 AM–11:2311:23 AMneutral
Lābha11:2311:23 AM–12:3512:35 PMgood
Amṛta12:3512:35 PM–13:471:47 PMgood
Kāla13:471:47 PM–14:582:58 PMavoid
Śubha14:582:58 PM–16:104:10 PMgood
Roga16:104:10 PM–17:215:21 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:215:21 PM–19:107:10 PMavoid
Lābha19:107:10 PM–20:588:58 PMgood
Udvega20:588:58 PM–22:4610:46 PMavoid
Śubha22:4610:46 PM–24:3512:35+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:3512:35+1 AM–26:232:23+1 AMgood
Cara26:232:23+1 AM–28:124:12+1 AMneutral
Roga28:124:12+1 AM–30:006:00+1 AMavoid
Kāla30:006:00+1 AM–31:487:48+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:487:48+1 AM

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:215:21 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 28:364:36+1 AM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 10:2510:25 AM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 09:329:32 AM
Siddhiuntil 30:456:45+1 AM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 17:345:34 PM
Garauntil 28:364:36+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1612:16 PM–12:5412:54 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:582:58 PM–16:104:10 PM
Pradoṣa 17:215:21 PM–19:177:17 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11+1 AM–24:5912:59+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. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  3. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:5412:54 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:104:10 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 33 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Tṛtīyā28:36 04:364:36 AM WedCaturthī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa10:2510:25 AMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaVajra09:329:32 AMSiddhi
KaraṇaTaitila17:345:34 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:48 07:487:48 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 934
Day length
9 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
09:039:03 AM
Moonset
19:577:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:535:53 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:535:53 AM06:516:51 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:226:22 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:439:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:439:43 AM10:2110:21 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1210:12 AM11:2311:23 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1612:16 PM12:5412:54 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3512:35 PM13:471:47 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:321:32 PM15:273:27 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:102:10 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:122:12 PM15:433:43 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:582:58 PM16:104:10 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:273:27 PM17:215:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:215:21 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:215:21 PM17:505:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:215:21 PM18:486:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0811:08 PM24:0612:06+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:1811:18 PM24:4912:49+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11+1 AM24:5912:59+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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