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Monday 6 January 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Śukla Saptamī

Somavāra. Saptamī began at 22:4610:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:548:54 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:519:51 AM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:3312:33 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3312:33 PM
At noon, 12:3312:33 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 79° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 41% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 79° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:535:53 AM–06:516:51 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:226:22 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1412:14 PM–12:5212:52 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:072:07 PM–14:452:45 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:035:03 PM–18:346:34 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:165:16 PM–17:455:45 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:165:16 PM–18:436:43 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:557:55 AM–09:279:27 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla09:009:00 AM–10:1110:11 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2211:22 AM–12:3312:33 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5212:52 PM–13:291:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:441:44 PM–14:542:54 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:452:45 PM–15:233:23 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

Amṛta07:497:49 AM–09:009:00 AMgood
Kāla09:009:00 AM–10:1110:11 AMavoid
Śubha10:1110:11 AM–11:2211:22 AMgood
Roga11:2211:22 AM–12:3312:33 PMavoid
Udvega12:3312:33 PM–13:441:44 PMavoid
Cara13:441:44 PM–14:542:54 PMneutral
Lābha14:542:54 PM–16:054:05 PMgood
Amṛta16:054:05 PM–17:165:16 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:165:16 PM–19:057:05 PMneutral
Roga19:057:05 PM–20:548:54 PMavoid
Kāla20:548:54 PM–22:4410:44 PMavoid
Lābha22:4410:44 PM–24:3312:33+1 AMgood
Udvega24:3312:33+1 AM–26:222:22+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:222:22+1 AM–28:114:11+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:114:11+1 AM–30:006:00+1 AMgood
Cara30:006:00+1 AM–31:497:49+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:165:16 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 20:548:54 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 21:379:37 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 28:354:35+1 AM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 09:519:51 AM
Vaṇijauntil 20:548:54 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:009:00 AM–10:1110:11 AM
Abhijit 12:1412:14 PM–12:5212:52 PM
Pradoṣa 17:165:16 PM–19:127:12 PM
Niśītha 24:0912:09+1 AM–24:5712:57+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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1110:11 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:5212:52 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 27 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:127:12 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  8. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  9. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:5712:57+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī20:548:54 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā21:379:37 PMRevatī
YogaParigha28:35 04:354:35 AM TueŚiva
KaraṇaGara09:519:51 AMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra31:49 07:497:49 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 216
Day length
9 h 27 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3511:35 AM
Moonset
24:2312:23+1 AM

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
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:557:55 AM09:279:27 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:009:00 AM10:1110:11 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3611:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2211:22 AM12:3312:33 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0912:09 PM12:5712:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5212:52 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5212:52 PM13:291:29 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:291:29 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:441:44 PM14:542:54 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:072:07 PM14:452:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:452:45 PM15:233:23 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:165:16 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:035:03 PM18:346:34 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:165:16 PM19:127:12 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:165:16 PM17:455:45 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:165:16 PM18:436:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0912:09+1 AM24:5712:57+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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