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Wednesday 9 December 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 00:1412:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:091:09+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:535:53 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:3512:35 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4511:45 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4511:45 AM
At noon, 11:4511:45 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 258° ahead of it, in Maghā, 61% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 258° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:154:15 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:394:39 AM–05:535:53 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla13:291:29 PM–15:093:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:292:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:375:37 PM–18:016:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:375:37 PM–18:516:51 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:217:21 AM–08:498:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1710:17 AM–11:4511:45 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2111:21 AM–12:0812:08 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4511:45 AM–13:131:13 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:3812:38+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMa 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

Lābha05:535:53 AM–07:217:21 AMgood
Amṛta07:217:21 AM–08:498:49 AMgood
Kāla08:498:49 AM–10:1710:17 AMavoid
Śubha10:1710:17 AM–11:4511:45 AMgood
Roga11:4511:45 AM–13:131:13 PMavoid
Udvega13:131:13 PM–14:412:41 PMavoid
Cara14:412:41 PM–16:094:09 PMneutral
Lābha16:094:09 PM–17:375:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:375:37 PM–19:097:09 PMavoid
Śubha19:097:09 PM–20:418:41 PMgood
Amṛta20:418:41 PM–22:1310:13 PMgood
Cara22:1310:13 PM–23:4511:45 PMneutral
Roga23:4511:45 PM–25:171:17+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:171:17+1 AM–26:492:49+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:492:49+1 AM–28:214:21+1 AMgood
Udvega28:214:21+1 AM–29:535:53+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:535:53 AM to 29:535:53+1 AM

05:535:53 AM sunrise17:375:37 PM sunsetsunrise 29:535:53+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 25:091:09+1 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 16:004:00 PM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 27:143:14+1 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:3512:35 PM
Bavauntil 25:091:09+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4511:45 AM–13:131:13 PM
Pradoṣa 17:375:37 PM–19:157:15 PM
Niśītha 23:2111:21 PM–24:0912:09+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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:131:13 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:157:15 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0912:09+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī25:09 01:091:09 AM ThuAṣṭamī
NakṣatraMaghā16:004:00 PMPūrva Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha27:14 03:143:14 AM ThuPrīti
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:3512:35 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra29:53 05:535:53 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 691
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
23:2811:28 PM
Moonset
11:1111:11 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:154:15 AM05:535:53 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:154:15 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:394:39 AM05:535:53 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:535:53 AM08:148:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:217:21 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:148:14 AM10:3510:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1710:17 AM11:4511:45 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2111:21 AM12:0912:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2111:21 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4511:45 AM13:131:13 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5512:55 PM15:163:16 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:291:29 PM15:093:09 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:163:16 PM17:375:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:375:37 PM19:157:15 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:375:37 PM18:016:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:375:37 PM18:516:51 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2111:21 PM24:0912:09+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:3812:38+1 AM26:212:21+1 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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