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Tuesday 12 January 2021 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 02:532:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:001:00 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:086:08 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:541:54 PM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 353° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 353° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:304:30 AM–05:195:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:554:55 AM–06:086:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3811:38 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:591:59 PM–14:462:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:194:19 PM–17:505:50 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:545:54 PM–18:186:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:545:54 PM–19:077:07 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:137:13 AM–08:448:44 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:298:29 AM–09:179:17 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:059:05 AM–10:3310:33 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0112:01 PM–13:291:29 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:572:57 PM–16:264:26 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4810:48 PM–23:3711:37 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya28:344:34 AM+1–30:066:06 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

Roga06:086:08 AM–07:377:37 AMavoid
Udvega07:377:37 AM–09:059:05 AMavoid
Cara09:059:05 AM–10:3310:33 AMneutral
Lābha10:3310:33 AM–12:0112:01 PMgood
Amṛta12:0112:01 PM–13:291:29 PMgood
Kāla13:291:29 PM–14:572:57 PMavoid
Śubha14:572:57 PM–16:264:26 PMgood
Roga16:264:26 PM–17:545:54 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:545:54 PM–19:267:26 PMavoid
Lābha19:267:26 PM–20:588:58 PMgood
Udvega20:588:58 PM–22:2910:29 PMavoid
Śubha22:2910:29 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0112:01 AM+1–25:331:33 AM+1good
Cara25:331:33 AM+1–27:053:05 AM+1neutral
Roga27:053:05 AM+1–28:374:37 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:374:37 AM+1–30:096:09 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:086:08 AM to 30:096:09 AM+1

06:086:08 AM sunrise17:545:54 PM sunsetsunrise 30:096:09 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 25:001:00 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 20:518:51 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 17:175:17 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 13:541:54 PM
Nāgauntil 25:001:00 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3811:38 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:572:57 PM–16:264:26 PM
Pradoṣa 17:545:54 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:264:26 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  11. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā25:00 01:001:00 AM WedPratipadā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā20:518:51 PMUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVyāghāta17:175:17 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda13:541:54 PMNāga
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:09 06:096:09 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 761
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
17:315:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:304:30 AM06:086:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:304:30 AM05:195:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:554:55 AM06:086:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:086:08 AM08:298:29 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:137:13 AM08:448:44 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:298:29 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:298:29 AM09:179:17 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:059:05 AM10:3310:33 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0112:01 PM13:291:29 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
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
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:572:57 PM16:264:26 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:333:33 PM17:545:54 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:194:19 PM17:505:50 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:545:54 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:545:54 PM18:186:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:545:54 PM19:077:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4810:48 PM23:3711:37 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:344:34 AM+130:066:06 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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