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Tuesday 26 December 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 13:221:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:463:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:026:02 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:463:46 PM

Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 10° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 10° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:234:23 AM–05:135:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:484:48 AM–06:026:02 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3011:30 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:511:51 PM–14:382:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:494:49 PM–18:376:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:455:45 PM–18:106:10 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:455:45 PM–18:596:59 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:046:04 AM–07:517:51 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:228:22 AM–09:099:09 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:588:58 AM–10:2610:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5311:53 AM–13:211:21 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:492:49 PM–16:174:17 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4010:40 PM–23:2911:29 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

Roga06:026:02 AM–07:307:30 AMavoid
Udvega07:307:30 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Cara08:588:58 AM–10:2610:26 AMneutral
Lābha10:2610:26 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Amṛta11:5311:53 AM–13:211:21 PMgood
Kāla13:211:21 PM–14:492:49 PMavoid
Śubha14:492:49 PM–16:174:17 PMgood
Roga16:174:17 PM–17:455:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:455:45 PM–19:177:17 PMavoid
Lābha19:177:17 PM–20:498:49 PMgood
Udvega20:498:49 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:261:26+1 AMgood
Cara25:261:26+1 AM–26:582:58+1 AMneutral
Roga26:582:58+1 AM–28:304:30+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:304:30+1 AM–30:026:02+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:026:02 AM to 30:026:02+1 AM

06:026:02 AM sunrise17:455:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:026:02+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 15:463:46 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 22:1210:12 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 25:081:08+1 AM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:463:46 PM
Bālavauntil 29:045:04+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3011:30 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:492:49 PM–16:174:17 PM
Pradoṣa 17:455:45 PM–19:237:23 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:174:17 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:237:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā15:463:46 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā22:1210:12 PMUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva25:08 01:081:08 AM WedVyāghāta
KaraṇaBava15:463:46 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:02 06:026:02 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 439
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
06:406:40 AM
Moonset
18:386:38 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:234:23 AM06:026:02 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:234:23 AM05:135:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:484:48 AM06:026:02 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:026:02 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:046:04 AM07:517:51 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:228:22 AM09:099:09 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:2610:26 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3011:30 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:211:21 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:511:51 PM14:382:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:492:49 PM16:174:17 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:455:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:494:49 PM18:376:37 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:455:45 PM19:237:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:455:45 PM18:106:10 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:455:45 PM18:596:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4010:40 PM23:2911:29 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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