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January 1979 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 17 January 1979 · Jeddah, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 18:006:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:378:37 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:047:04 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:207:20 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:3312:33 PM

The Sun 48° above S. Day length 10 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonJeddah12:3312:33 PM
At noon, 12:3312:33 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:126:12 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:465:46 AM–07:047:04 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:232:23 PM–15:073:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:217:21 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:5611:56 PM–25:441:44+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:268:26 AM–09:499:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:1111:11 AM–12:3312:33 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1112:11 PM–12:5512:55 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:3312:33 PM–13:561:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:101:10 PM–14:572:57 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

Lābha07:047:04 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Amṛta08:268:26 AM–09:499:49 AMgood
Kāla09:499:49 AM–11:1111:11 AMavoid
Śubha11:1111:11 AM–12:3312:33 PMgood
Roga12:3312:33 PM–13:561:56 PMavoid
Udvega13:561:56 PM–15:183:18 PMavoid
Cara15:183:18 PM–16:404:40 PMneutral
Lābha16:404:40 PM–18:036:03 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:036:03 PM–19:407:40 PMavoid
Śubha19:407:40 PM–21:189:18 PMgood
Amṛta21:189:18 PM–22:5610:56 PMgood
Cara22:5610:56 PM–24:3312:33+1 AMneutral
Roga24:3312:33+1 AM–26:112:11+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:112:11+1 AM–27:493:49+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:493:49+1 AM–29:265:26+1 AMgood
Udvega29:265:26+1 AM–31:047:04+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:047:04 AM to 31:047:04+1 AM

07:047:04 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 31:047:04+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 20:378:37 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 17:425:42 PM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 07:207:20 AM
Bālavauntil 20:378:37 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:3312:33 PM–13:561:56 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:477:47 PM
Niśītha 24:0912:09+1 AM–24:5712:57+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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:561:56 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:477:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:5712:57+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī20:378:37 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunīpast sunriseUttara Phalgunī
YogaSaubhāgya17:425:42 PMŚobhana
KaraṇaBava07:207:20 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:04 07:047:04 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2035
Śaka
1900
Kali
5079
Ahargaṇa
1 855 425
Day length
10 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
21:369:36 PM
Moonset
09:329:32 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:047:04 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:126:12 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:465:46 AM07:047:04 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:047:04 AM09:169:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:268:26 AM09:499:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:169:16 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:1111:11 AM12:3312:33 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0912:09 PM12:5712:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1112:11 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:3312:33 PM13:561:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:101:10 PM14:572:57 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:391:39 PM15:513:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:232:23 PM15:073:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:513:51 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:477:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:217:21 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:5611:56 PM25:441:44+1 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:0912:09+1 AM24:5712:57+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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