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Thursday 28 December 1989 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 00:2012:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5612:56+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:037:03 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4112:41 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5412:54 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:5412:54 PM
At noon, 12:5412:54 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 6° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 6° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:245:24 AM–06:136:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:037:03 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3112:31 PM–13:181:18 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:522:52 PM–15:383:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:466:46 PM–19:117:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:466:46 PM–20:008:00 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:449:44 PM–23:2411:24 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:037:03 AM–08:308:30 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:589:58 AM–11:2611:26 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:5710:57 AM–11:4411:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya11:4111:41 AM–13:211:21 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:222:22 PM–15:503:50 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:383:38 PM–16:254:25 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

Śubha07:037:03 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Roga08:308:30 AM–09:589:58 AMavoid
Udvega09:589:58 AM–11:2611:26 AMavoid
Cara11:2611:26 AM–12:5412:54 PMneutral
Lābha12:5412:54 PM–14:222:22 PMgood
Amṛta14:222:22 PM–15:503:50 PMgood
Kāla15:503:50 PM–17:185:18 PMavoid
Śubha17:185:18 PM–18:466:46 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:466:46 PM–20:188:18 PMgood
Cara20:188:18 PM–21:509:50 PMneutral
Roga21:509:50 PM–23:2211:22 PMavoid
Kāla23:2211:22 PM–24:5512:55+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:5512:55+1 AM–26:272:27+1 AMgood
Udvega26:272:27+1 AM–27:593:59+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:593:59+1 AM–29:315:31+1 AMgood
Amṛta29:315:31+1 AM–31:037:03+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:037:03 AM to 31:037:03+1 AM

07:037:03 AM sunrise18:466:46 PM sunsetsunrise 31:037:03+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 24:5612:56+1 AM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 26:452:45+1 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 26:002:00+1 AM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 12:4112:41 PM
Bavauntil 24:5612:56+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:3112:31 PM–13:181:18 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:222:22 PM–15:503:50 PM
Pradoṣa 18:466:46 PM–20:248:24 PM
Niśītha 24:3112:31+1 AM–25:191:19+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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:181:18 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:503:50 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:248:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:191:19+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  11. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā24:56 00:5612:56 AM FriDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā26:45 02:452:45 AM FriUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva26:00 02:002:00 AM FriVyāghāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna12:4112:41 PMBava
VāraGuruvāra31:03 07:037:03 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2046
Śaka
1911
Kali
5090
Ahargaṇa
1 859 423
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:257:25 AM
Moonset
19:217:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:245:24 AM07:037:03 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:245:24 AM06:136:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:037:03 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:037:03 AM09:239:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:037:03 AM08:308:30 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:239:23 AM11:4411:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:2611:26 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:5710:57 AM11:4411:44 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:4111:41 AM13:211:21 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:3012:30 PM13:181:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3112:31 PM13:181:18 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:052:05 PM16:254:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:222:22 PM15:503:50 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:522:52 PM15:383:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:383:38 PM16:254:25 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:254:25 PM18:466:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:466:46 PM20:248:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:466:46 PM19:117:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:466:46 PM20:008:00 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:449:44 PM23:2411:24 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3112:31+1 AM25:191:19+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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