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Friday 15 January 2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Tṛtīyā

Śukravāra. Tṛtīyā began at 05:355:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:165:16 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

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

At sunrise

06:216:21 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:215:21 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:4311:43 AM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4311:43 AM
At noon, 11:4311:43 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 27° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 5% 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 muhūrta04:354:35 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–06:216:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:311:31 PM–14:142:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:174:17 PM–17:545:54 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:055:05 PM–17:325:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:055:05 PM–18:256:25 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:366:36 AM–08:138:13 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:308:30 AM–09:139:13 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0512:05 PM–12:4812:48 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:242:24 PM–15:453:45 PMYama’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

Cara06:216:21 AM–07:427:42 AMneutral
Lābha07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMgood
Amṛta09:029:02 AM–10:2310:23 AMgood
Kāla10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMavoid
Śubha11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMgood
Roga13:041:04 PM–14:242:24 PMavoid
Udvega14:242:24 PM–15:453:45 PMavoid
Cara15:453:45 PM–17:055:05 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:055:05 PM–18:456:45 PMavoid
Kāla18:456:45 PM–20:248:24 PMavoid
Lābha20:248:24 PM–22:0410:04 PMgood
Udvega22:0410:04 PM–23:4311:43 PMavoid
Śubha23:4311:43 PM–25:231:23 AM+1good
Amṛta25:231:23 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1good
Cara27:023:02 AM+1–28:424:42 AM+1neutral
Roga28:424:42 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21 AM+1

06:216:21 AM sunrise17:055:05 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 29:165:16 AM+1
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 26:472:47 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 17:525:52 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 17:215:21 PM
Garauntil 29:165:16 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AM
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PM
Pradoṣa 17:055:05 PM–18:516:51 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. SunriseTṛtīyā holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:4311:43 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0512:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 44 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:516:51 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  10. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Tṛtīyā29:16 05:165:16 AM SatCaturthī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā26:47 02:472:47 AM SatŚatabhiṣā
YogaSiddhi17:525:52 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaTaitila17:215:21 PMGara
VāraŚukravāra30:21 06:216:21 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 764
Day length
10 h 44 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
08:128:12 AM
Moonset
19:207:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:354:35 AM06:216:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:354:35 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:025:02 AM06:216:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:216:21 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:366:36 AM08:138:13 AMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:427:42 AM09:029:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:308:30 AM09:139:13 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:2310:23 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0512:05 PM12:4812:48 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4812:48 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:311:31 PM14:142:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:242:24 PM15:453:45 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:572:57 PM17:055:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:174:17 PM17:545:54 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:055:05 PM18:516:51 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:055:05 PM17:325:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:055:05 PM18:256:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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