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Tuesday 16 January 1979 · Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 17:485:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:308:30 PM.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

Caturthī is current at moonrise. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:187:18 PM

Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.

Noon

12:3612:36 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonIndore12:3612:36 PM
At noon, 12:3612:36 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 212° ahead of it, in Maghā, 92% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 212° falls in Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:255:25 AM–06:176:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:107:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1512:15 PM–12:5812:58 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:252:25 PM–15:093:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:227:22 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:583:58+1 AM–29:465:46+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:209:20 AM–10:0410:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:539:53 AM–11:1511:15 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3612:36 PM–13:581:58 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:203:20 PM–16:414:41 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:085:08 PM–18:566:56 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:1811:18 PM–24:1012:10+1 AMan 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

Roga07:107:10 AM–08:318:31 AMavoid
Udvega08:318:31 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Cara09:539:53 AM–11:1511:15 AMneutral
Lābha11:1511:15 AM–12:3612:36 PMgood
Amṛta12:3612:36 PM–13:581:58 PMgood
Kāla13:581:58 PM–15:203:20 PMavoid
Śubha15:203:20 PM–16:414:41 PMgood
Roga16:414:41 PM–18:036:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:036:03 PM–19:417:41 PMavoid
Lābha19:417:41 PM–21:209:20 PMgood
Udvega21:209:20 PM–22:5810:58 PMavoid
Śubha22:5810:58 PM–24:3612:36+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:3612:36+1 AM–26:152:15+1 AMgood
Cara26:152:15+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMneutral
Roga27:533:53+1 AM–29:315:31+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:315:31+1 AM–31:107:10+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:107:10+1 AM

07:107:10 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 31:107:10+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 20:308:30 PM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 30:416:41+1 AM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 19:187:18 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 20:308:30 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1512:15 PM–12:5812:58 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:203:20 PM–16:414:41 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:487:48 PM
Niśītha 24:1212:12+1 AM–25:001:00+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. SunriseTṛtīyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:5812:58 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:414:41 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 53 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:487:48 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  7. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  8. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:001:00+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā20:308:30 PMCaturthī
NakṣatraMaghā30:41 06:416:41 AM WedPūrva Phalgunī
YogaĀyuṣmān19:187:18 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi20:308:30 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:10 07:107:10 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2035
Śaka
1900
Kali
5079
Ahargaṇa
1 855 424
Day length
10 h 53 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
20:448:44 PM
Moonset
08:558:55 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:255:25 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:255:25 AM06:176:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:107:10 AM09:209:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:209:20 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:209:20 AM10:0410:04 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:1511:15 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1212:12 PM13:001:00 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1512:15 PM12:5812:58 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3612:36 PM13:581:58 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:421:42 PM15:523:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:252:25 PM15:093:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:203:20 PM16:414:41 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:523:52 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:085:08 PM18:566:56 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:487:48 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:227:22 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1811:18 PM24:1012:10+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1212:12+1 AM25:001:00+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:583:58+1 AM29:465:46+1 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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