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March 2006 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 15 March 2006 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 02:352:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:584:58 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Holī

Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoVasantotsava determinate

At sunrise

05:445:44 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:483:48 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4311:43 AM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4311:43 AM
At noon, 11:4311:43 AM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 184° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 184° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:074:07 AM–04:564:56 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:324:32 AM–05:445:44 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:042:04 PM–15:523:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:425:42 PM–18:066:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:425:42 PM–18:546:54 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:147:14 AM–08:438:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1310:13 AM–11:4311:43 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:1911:19 AM–12:0712:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4311:43 AM–13:131:13 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha05:445:44 AM–07:147:14 AMgood
Amṛta07:147:14 AM–08:438:43 AMgood
Kāla08:438:43 AM–10:1310:13 AMavoid
Śubha10:1310:13 AM–11:4311:43 AMgood
Roga11:4311:43 AM–13:131:13 PMavoid
Udvega13:131:13 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Cara14:432:43 PM–16:134:13 PMneutral
Lābha16:134:13 PM–17:425:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:425:42 PM–19:127:12 PMavoid
Śubha19:127:12 PM–20:428:42 PMgood
Amṛta20:428:42 PM–22:1310:13 PMgood
Cara22:1310:13 PM–23:4311:43 PMneutral
Roga23:4311:43 PM–25:131:13 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:131:13 AM+1–26:432:43 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:432:43 AM+1–28:134:13 AM+1good
Udvega28:134:13 AM+1–29:435:43 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:445:44 AM to 29:435:43 AM+1

05:445:44 AM sunrise17:425:42 PM sunsetsunrise 29:435:43 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 28:584:58 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 22:0910:09 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 26:162:16 AM+1
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:483:48 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:584:58 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4311:43 AM–13:131:13 PM
Pradoṣa 17:425:42 PM–19:187:18 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:131:13 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 11 h 59 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:187:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā28:58 04:584:58 AM ThuDvitīyā
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī22:0910:09 PMHasta
YogaGaṇḍa26:16 02:162:16 AM ThuVṛddhi
KaraṇaBālava15:483:48 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:43 05:435:43 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2062
Śaka
1927
Kali
5106
Ahargaṇa
1 865 344
Day length
11 h 59 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
18:126:12 PM
Moonset
05:525:52 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:074:07 AM05:445:44 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:074:07 AM04:564:56 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:324:32 AM05:445:44 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:445:44 AM08:078:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:147:14 AM08:438:43 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:078:07 AM10:3110:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1310:13 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4311:43 AM13:131:13 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5512:55 PM15:193:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:042:04 PM15:523:52 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:193:19 PM17:425:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:425:42 PM19:187:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:425:42 PM18:066:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:425:42 PM18:546:54 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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