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Wednesday 28 January 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Māgha Śukla Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 02:012:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2211:22 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:116:11 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:269:26 AM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

12:0612:06 PM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 11 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0612:06 PM
At noon, 12:0612:06 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 6° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 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 muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:225:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:584:58 AM–06:116:11 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:267:26 AM–08:548:54 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:512:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:006:00 PM–18:246:24 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:006:00 PM–19:137:13 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:275:27+1 AM–30:556:55+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:407:40 AM–09:089:08 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3710:37 AM–12:0612:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4211:42 AM–12:2912:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0612:06 PM–13:341:34 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:418:41 PM–22:0910:09 PMa 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

Lābha06:116:11 AM–07:407:40 AMgood
Amṛta07:407:40 AM–09:089:08 AMgood
Kāla09:089:08 AM–10:3710:37 AMavoid
Śubha10:3710:37 AM–12:0612:06 PMgood
Roga12:0612:06 PM–13:341:34 PMavoid
Udvega13:341:34 PM–15:033:03 PMavoid
Cara15:033:03 PM–16:314:31 PMneutral
Lābha16:314:31 PM–18:006:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:006:00 PM–19:317:31 PMavoid
Śubha19:317:31 PM–21:039:03 PMgood
Amṛta21:039:03 PM–22:3410:34 PMgood
Cara22:3410:34 PM–24:0612:06+1 AMneutral
Roga24:0612:06+1 AM–25:371:37+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:371:37+1 AM–27:083:08+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:083:08+1 AM–28:404:40+1 AMgood
Udvega28:404:40+1 AM–30:116:11+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:116:11 AM to 30:116:11+1 AM

06:116:11 AM sunrise18:006:00 PM sunsetsunrise 30:116:11+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 23:2211:22 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 17:025:02 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 09:269:26 AM
Vyatīpātauntil 29:595:59+1 AM
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 12:4412:44 PM
Bavauntil 23:2211:22 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0612:06 PM–13:341:34 PM
Pradoṣa 18:006:00 PM–19:387:38 PM
Niśītha 23:4211:42 PM–24:3012:30+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:341:34 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  5. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:387:38 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3012:30+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā23:2211:22 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraŚravaṇa17:025:02 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaSiddhi09:269:26 AMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna12:4412:44 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:11 06:116:11 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 376
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
06:226:22 AM
Moonset
18:326:32 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM06:116:11 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:225:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:584:58 AM06:116:11 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:116:11 AM08:338:33 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:267:26 AM08:548:54 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:407:40 AM09:089:08 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:338:33 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3710:37 AM12:0612:06 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4211:42 AM12:3012:30 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4211:42 AM12:2912:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0612:06 PM13:341:34 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:161:16 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:042:04 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:383:38 PM18:006:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:006:00 PM19:387:38 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:006:00 PM18:246:24 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:006:00 PM19:137:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:418:41 PM22:0910:09 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4211:42 PM24:3012:30+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:275:27+1 AM30:556:55+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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