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Tuesday 31 December 2024 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 01:271:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5212:52 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:206:20 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:131:13 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:3711:37 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3711:37 AM
At noon, 11:3711:37 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 5° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 5° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:324:32 AM–05:265:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:594:59 AM–06:206:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1611:16 AM–11:5811:58 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:231:23 PM–14:052:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:454:45 PM–18:216:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:554:55 PM–17:215:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:554:55 PM–18:156:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:067:06 AM–08:428:42 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:278:27 AM–09:099:09 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:588:58 AM–10:1810:18 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3711:37 AM–12:5612:56 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:162:16 PM–15:353:35 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1710:17 PM–23:1011:10 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:285:28 AM+1–31:037:03 AM+1a 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

Roga06:206:20 AM–07:397:39 AMavoid
Udvega07:397:39 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Cara08:588:58 AM–10:1810:18 AMneutral
Lābha10:1810:18 AM–11:3711:37 AMgood
Amṛta11:3711:37 AM–12:5612:56 PMgood
Kāla12:5612:56 PM–14:162:16 PMavoid
Śubha14:162:16 PM–15:353:35 PMgood
Roga15:353:35 PM–16:554:55 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:554:55 PM–18:356:35 PMavoid
Lābha18:356:35 PM–20:168:16 PMgood
Udvega20:168:16 PM–21:579:57 PMavoid
Śubha21:579:57 PM–23:3711:37 PMgood
Amṛta23:3711:37 PM–25:181:18 AM+1good
Cara25:181:18 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1neutral
Roga26:582:58 AM+1–28:394:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:394:39 AM+1–30:206:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:206:20 AM to 30:206:20 AM+1

06:206:20 AM sunrise16:554:55 PM sunsetsunrise 30:206:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 24:5212:52 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 21:349:34 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 16:294:29 PM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 13:131:13 PM
Bavauntil 24:5212:52 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1611:16 AM–11:5811:58 AM
Rāhu kāla 14:162:16 PM–15:353:35 PM
Pradoṣa 16:554:55 PM–18:426:42 PM
Niśītha 23:1311:13 PM–24:0112:01 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:5811:58 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:353:35 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 35 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:426:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0112:01 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā24:52 00:5212:52 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā21:349:34 PMUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva16:294:29 PMVyāghāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna13:131:13 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:20 06:206:20 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 210
Day length
10 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
06:516:51 AM
Moonset
17:175:17 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:324:32 AM06:206:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:324:32 AM05:265:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:594:59 AM06:206:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:206:20 AM08:278:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:067:06 AM08:428:42 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:278:27 AM10:3410:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:278:27 AM09:099:09 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:1810:18 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1611:16 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3711:37 AM12:5612:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4112:41 PM14:482:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:231:23 PM14:052:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:162:16 PM15:353:35 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:482:48 PM16:554:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:454:45 PM18:216:21 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:554:55 PM18:426:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:554:55 PM17:215:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:554:55 PM18:156:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1710:17 PM23:1011:10 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1311:13 PM24:0112:01 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:285:28 AM+131:037:03 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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