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Monday 16 January 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Somavāra. Caturthī began at 10:3910:39 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:1510:15 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:007:00 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1510:15 AM

Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 229° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 83% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 229° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:095:09 AM–06:046:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–07:007:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4311:43 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:441:44 PM–14:252:25 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:443:44 PM–17:235:23 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:075:07 PM–17:345:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:075:07 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4710:47 AM–12:0312:03 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2312:23 PM–13:041:04 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:191:19 PM–14:352:35 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:252:25 PM–15:053:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:535:53+1 AM–31:357:35+1 AMa 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

Amṛta07:007:00 AM–08:168:16 AMgood
Kāla08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Śubha09:319:31 AM–10:4710:47 AMgood
Roga10:4710:47 AM–12:0312:03 PMavoid
Udvega12:0312:03 PM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Cara13:191:19 PM–14:352:35 PMneutral
Lābha14:352:35 PM–15:513:51 PMgood
Amṛta15:513:51 PM–17:075:07 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:075:07 PM–18:516:51 PMneutral
Roga18:516:51 PM–20:358:35 PMavoid
Kāla20:358:35 PM–22:1910:19 PMavoid
Lābha22:1910:19 PM–24:0312:03+1 AMgood
Udvega24:0312:03+1 AM–25:471:47+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:471:47+1 AM–27:313:31+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:313:31+1 AM–29:155:15+1 AMgood
Cara29:155:15+1 AM–30:596:59+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:007:00 AM to 30:596:59+1 AM

07:007:00 AM sunrise17:075:07 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 10:1510:15 AM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 22:1710:17 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 11:5311:53 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:1510:15 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:2110:21 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AM
Abhijit 11:4311:43 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Pradoṣa 17:075:07 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:319:31 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 07 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī10:1510:15 AMPañcamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī22:1710:17 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaSaubhāgya11:5311:53 AMŚobhana
KaraṇaBālava10:1510:15 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 304
Day length
10 h 07 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
21:229:22 PM
Moonset
09:309:30 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:095:09 AM07:007:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:095:09 AM06:046:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM07:007:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:007:00 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:168:16 AM09:319:31 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4710:47 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:041:04 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:053:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:191:19 PM14:352:35 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:441:44 PM14:252:25 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:252:25 PM15:053:05 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:053:05 PM17:075:07 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:443:44 PM17:235:23 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:075:07 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:075:07 PM17:345:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:075:07 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:535:53+1 AM31:357:35+1 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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