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Wednesday 14 December 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 20:068:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:384:38 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:565:56 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:196:19 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4811:48 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4811:48 AM
At noon, 11:4811:48 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 189° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 99% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 189° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:184:18 AM–05:075:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:424:42 AM–05:565:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:451:45 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:395:39 PM–18:046:04 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:395:39 PM–18:536:53 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:549:54 PM–23:2011:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:247:24 AM–08:528:52 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2010:20 AM–11:4811:48 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2411:24 AM–12:1112:11 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4811:48 AM–13:161:16 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:534:53 PM–18:196:19 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

Lābha05:565:56 AM–07:247:24 AMgood
Amṛta07:247:24 AM–08:528:52 AMgood
Kāla08:528:52 AM–10:2010:20 AMavoid
Śubha10:2010:20 AM–11:4811:48 AMgood
Roga11:4811:48 AM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Udvega13:161:16 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Cara14:432:43 PM–16:114:11 PMneutral
Lābha16:114:11 PM–17:395:39 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:395:39 PM–19:117:11 PMavoid
Śubha19:117:11 PM–20:448:44 PMgood
Amṛta20:448:44 PM–22:1610:16 PMgood
Cara22:1610:16 PM–23:4811:48 PMneutral
Roga23:4811:48 PM–25:201:20 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:201:20 AM+1–26:522:52 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:522:52 AM+1–28:244:24 AM+1good
Udvega28:244:24 AM+1–29:565:56 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:565:56 AM to 29:565:56 AM+1

05:565:56 AM sunrise17:395:39 PM sunsetsunrise 29:565:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 16:384:38 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 09:219:21 AM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 11:0111:01 AM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 06:196:19 AM
Kaulavauntil 16:384:38 PM
Taitilauntil 27:023:02 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4811:48 AM–13:161:16 PM
Pradoṣa 17:395:39 PM–19:187:18 PM
Niśītha 23:2411:24 PM–24:1212:12 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  4. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:161:16 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  6. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:187:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1212:12 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā16:384:38 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā09:219:21 AMĀrdrā
YogaŚubha11:0111:01 AMŚukla
KaraṇaBālava06:196:19 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:56 05:565:56 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 271
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
18:376:37 PM
Moonset
06:216:21 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:184:18 AM05:565:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:184:18 AM05:075:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:424:42 AM05:565:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:565:56 AM08:168:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:247:24 AM08:528:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:168:16 AM10:3710:37 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2010:20 AM11:4811:48 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2411:24 AM12:1212:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4811:48 AM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5812:58 PM15:193:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:451:45 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:193:19 PM17:395:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:534:53 PM18:196:19 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:395:39 PM19:187:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:395:39 PM18:046:04 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:395:39 PM18:536:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:549:54 PM23:2011:20 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2411:24 PM24:1212:12 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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