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Monday 26 December 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī

Somavāra. Trayodaśī began at 05:075:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:307:30+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:596:59 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:577:57 AM

Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 327° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 8% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 327° falls in Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–06:026:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:345:34 AM–06:596:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3411:34 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:321:32 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:185:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:146:14 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:495:49 PM–19:377:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:057:05 AM–08:538:53 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:138:13 AM–09:269:26 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4010:40 AM–11:5411:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1412:14 PM–12:5312:53 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:122:12 PM–14:512:51 PMan 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

Amṛta06:596:59 AM–08:138:13 AMgood
Kāla08:138:13 AM–09:269:26 AMavoid
Śubha09:269:26 AM–10:4010:40 AMgood
Roga10:4010:40 AM–11:5411:54 AMavoid
Udvega11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMavoid
Cara13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMneutral
Lābha14:222:22 PM–15:363:36 PMgood
Amṛta15:363:36 PM–16:494:49 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:494:49 PM–18:366:36 PMneutral
Roga18:366:36 PM–20:228:22 PMavoid
Kāla20:228:22 PM–22:0810:08 PMavoid
Lābha22:0810:08 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Udvega23:5411:54 PM–25:401:40+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:401:40+1 AM–27:273:27+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:273:27+1 AM–29:135:13+1 AMgood
Cara29:135:13+1 AM–30:596:59+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:596:59 AM to 30:596:59+1 AM

06:596:59 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Anurādhāuntil 29:275:27+1 AM
Jyeṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 07:577:57 AM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 18:206:20 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:138:13 AM–09:269:26 AM
Abhijit 11:3411:34 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:436:43 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18+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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:269:26 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 51 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:436:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. JyeṣṭhāNakṣatra: Anurādhā ends.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Trayodaśīpast sunriseCaturdaśī
NakṣatraAnurādhā29:27 05:275:27 AM TueJyeṣṭhā
YogaDhṛti07:577:57 AMŚūla
KaraṇaGara18:206:20 PMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 283
Day length
9 h 51 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
28:594:59+1 AM
Moonset
14:552:55 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:596:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM06:026:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:345:34 AM06:596:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:596:59 AM08:578:57 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:057:05 AM08:538:53 AMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:138:13 AM09:269:26 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:578:57 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4010:40 AM11:5411:54 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5312:53 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM14:512:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:081:08 PM14:222:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:321:32 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:122:12 PM14:512:51 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:512:51 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:436:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:185:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:146:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:495:49 PM19:377:37 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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