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Tuesday 19 December 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 11:0011:00 AM yesterday, and holds until 13:391:39 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:556:55 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:099:09 AM

Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 11° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 11° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:025:02 AM–05:595:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:305:30 AM–06:556:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:1012:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:291:29 PM–14:082:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:454:45 PM–17:145:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:454:45 PM–18:116:11 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:506:50 AM+1–32:388:38 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:217:21 AM–09:099:09 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:538:53 AM–09:339:33 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:239:23 AM–10:3710:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5011:50 AM–13:041:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:182:18 PM–15:323:32 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:008:00 PM–21:489:48 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2610:26 PM–23:2211:22 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

Roga06:556:55 AM–08:098:09 AMavoid
Udvega08:098:09 AM–09:239:23 AMavoid
Cara09:239:23 AM–10:3710:37 AMneutral
Lābha10:3710:37 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Amṛta11:5011:50 AM–13:041:04 PMgood
Kāla13:041:04 PM–14:182:18 PMavoid
Śubha14:182:18 PM–15:323:32 PMgood
Roga15:323:32 PM–16:454:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:454:45 PM–18:326:32 PMavoid
Lābha18:326:32 PM–20:188:18 PMgood
Udvega20:188:18 PM–22:0410:04 PMavoid
Śubha22:0410:04 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Amṛta23:5111:51 PM–25:371:37 AM+1good
Cara25:371:37 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1neutral
Roga27:233:23 AM+1–29:105:10 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:105:10 AM+1–30:566:56 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:556:55 AM to 30:566:56 AM+1

06:556:55 AM sunrise16:454:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 13:391:39 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 09:099:09 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 27:493:49 AM+1
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:391:39 PM
Bālavauntil 27:003:00 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:1012:10 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:182:18 PM–15:323:32 PM
Pradoṣa 16:454:45 PM–18:396:39 PM
Niśītha 23:2711:27 PM–24:1512:15 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1012:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:323:32 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 50 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:396:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1512:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā13:391:39 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraMūla09:099:09 AMPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi27:49 03:493:49 AM WedDhruva
KaraṇaBava13:391:39 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:56 06:566:56 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 641
Day length
9 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:307:30 AM
Moonset
17:505:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:025:02 AM06:556:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:025:02 AM05:595:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:305:30 AM06:556:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:556:55 AM08:538:53 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:217:21 AM09:099:09 AMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:538:53 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:538:53 AM09:339:33 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:239:23 AM10:3710:37 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM14:472:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:291:29 PM14:082:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:182:18 PM15:323:32 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:472:47 PM16:454:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:454:45 PM18:396:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:454:45 PM17:145:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:454:45 PM18:116:11 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:008:00 PM21:489:48 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2610:26 PM23:2211:22 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2711:27 PM24:1512:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:506:50 AM+132:388:38 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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