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Monday 12 December 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Caturdaśī

Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:293:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4611:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:381:38 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 161° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 161° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:174:17 AM–05:065:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:021:02 PM–14:272:27 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:441:44 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:385:38 PM–18:036:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:385:38 PM–18:526:52 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1910:19 AM–11:4711:47 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1012:10 PM–12:5712:57 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:151:15 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:312:31 PM–15:183:18 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:105:10 AM+1–30:346:34 AM+1a 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

Amṛta05:555:55 AM–07:237:23 AMgood
Kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Śubha08:518:51 AM–10:1910:19 AMgood
Roga10:1910:19 AM–11:4711:47 AMavoid
Udvega11:4711:47 AM–13:151:15 PMavoid
Cara13:151:15 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–16:104:10 PMgood
Amṛta16:104:10 PM–17:385:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:385:38 PM–19:117:11 PMneutral
Roga19:117:11 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Lābha22:1510:15 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Udvega23:4711:47 PM–25:191:19 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:191:19 AM+1–26:512:51 AM+1good
Amṛta26:512:51 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Cara28:234:23 AM+1–29:555:55 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:555:55 AM+1

05:555:55 AM sunrise17:385:38 PM sunsetsunrise 29:555:55 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturdaśīuntil 23:4611:46 PM
Pūrṇimāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 15:093:09 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 19:257:25 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 13:381:38 PM
Vaṇijauntil 23:4611:46 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AM
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PM
Pradoṣa 17:385:38 PM–19:177:17 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11 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. SunriseCaturdaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:518:51 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1012:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PūrṇimāTithi: Caturdaśī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturdaśī23:4611:46 PMPūrṇimā
NakṣatraKṛttikā15:093:09 PMRohiṇī
YogaSiddha19:257:25 PMSādhya
KaraṇaGara13:381:38 PMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra29:55 05:555:55 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 269
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
16:354:35 PM
Moonset
29:185:18 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:174:17 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:174:17 AM05:065:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:158:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:237:23 AM08:518:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:158:15 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1910:19 AM11:4711:47 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1012:10 PM12:5712:57 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:021:02 PM14:272:27 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:151:15 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:441:44 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:312:31 PM15:183:18 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:385:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:385:38 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:385:38 PM18:036:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:385:38 PM18:526:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:105:10 AM+130:346:34 AM+1sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
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