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Wednesday 14 January 2004 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 14:252:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:261:26 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:096:09 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:596:59 AM

Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 263° ahead of it, in Hasta, 56% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 263° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:314:31 AM–05:205:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:554:55 AM–06:096:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla06:246:24 AM–07:597:59 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:591:59 PM–14:462:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:545:54 PM–18:196:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:545:54 PM–19:087:08 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:215:21 AM+1–30:546:54 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:377:37 AM–09:059:05 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3310:33 AM–12:0212:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3811:38 AM–12:2512:25 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0212:02 PM–13:301:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:038:03 PM–21:369:36 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

Lābha06:096:09 AM–07:377:37 AMgood
Amṛta07:377:37 AM–09:059:05 AMgood
Kāla09:059:05 AM–10:3310:33 AMavoid
Śubha10:3310:33 AM–12:0212:02 PMgood
Roga12:0212:02 PM–13:301:30 PMavoid
Udvega13:301:30 PM–14:582:58 PMavoid
Cara14:582:58 PM–16:264:26 PMneutral
Lābha16:264:26 PM–17:545:54 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:545:54 PM–19:267:26 PMavoid
Śubha19:267:26 PM–20:588:58 PMgood
Amṛta20:588:58 PM–22:3010:30 PMgood
Cara22:3010:30 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0212:02 AM+1–25:341:34 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:341:34 AM+1–27:053:05 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:053:05 AM+1–28:374:37 AM+1good
Udvega28:374:37 AM+1–30:096:09 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:096:09 AM to 30:096:09 AM+1

06:096:09 AM sunrise17:545:54 PM sunsetsunrise 30:096:09 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 13:261:26 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 12:1912:19 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 06:596:59 AM
Sukarmāuntil 28:424:42 AM+1
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:261:26 PM
Bālavauntil 24:4612:46 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0212:02 PM–13:301:30 PM
Pradoṣa 17:545:54 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:301:30 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  5. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī13:261:26 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraHasta12:1912:19 PMCitrā
YogaAtigaṇḍa06:596:59 AMSukarmā
KaraṇaBava13:261:26 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra30:09 06:096:09 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 553
Day length
11 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
23:5411:54 PM
Moonset
11:2111:21 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:314:31 AM06:096:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:314:31 AM05:205:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:554:55 AM06:096:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:096:09 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra06:246:24 AM07:597:59 AMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:377:37 AM09:059:05 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3310:33 AM12:0212:02 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0212:02 PM13:301:30 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:333:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:591:59 PM14:462:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:333:33 PM17:545:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:545:54 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:545:54 PM18:196:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:545:54 PM19:087:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:038:03 PM21:369:36 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:215:21 AM+130:546:54 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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