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Wednesday 17 January 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Māgha Śukla Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 06:476:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 33:139:13 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:007:00 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:468:46 AM

Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 2° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 2° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:085:08 AM–06:046:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–07:007:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:451:45 PM–14:252:25 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:072:07 PM–15:553:55 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:075:07 PM–17:355:35 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:075:07 PM–18:316:31 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:168:16 AM–09:329:32 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4710:47 AM–12:0312:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4311:43 AM–12:2412:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0312:03 PM–13:191:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:461:46 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1a 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

Lābha07:007:00 AM–08:168:16 AMgood
Amṛta08:168:16 AM–09:329:32 AMgood
Kāla09:329:32 AM–10:4710:47 AMavoid
Śubha10:4710:47 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Roga12:0312:03 PM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Udvega13:191:19 PM–14:352:35 PMavoid
Cara14:352:35 PM–15:513:51 PMneutral
Lābha15:513:51 PM–17:075:07 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:075:07 PM–18:516:51 PMavoid
Śubha18:516:51 PM–20:358:35 PMgood
Amṛta20:358:35 PM–22:1910:19 PMgood
Cara22:1910:19 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0312:03 AM+1–25:471:47 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:471:47 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:313:31 AM+1–29:155:15 AM+1good
Udvega29:155:15 AM+1–30:596:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:007:00 AM sunrise17:075:07 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 21:189:18 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 08:468:46 AM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 20:028:02 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0312:03 PM–13:191:19 PM
Pradoṣa 17:075:07 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:191:19 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 08 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  7. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadāpast sunriseDvitīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā21:189:18 PMŚravaṇa
YogaHarṣaṇa08:468:46 AMVajra
KaraṇaKiṃstughna20:028:02 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 670
Day length
10 h 08 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
07:007:00 AM
Moonset
17:275:27 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:085:08 AM07:007:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:085:08 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
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:168:16 AM09:329:32 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4710:47 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4311:43 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:191:19 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:063:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:451:45 PM14:252:25 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:072:07 PM15:553:55 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:063:06 PM17:075:07 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:075:07 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:075:07 PM17:355:35 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:075:07 PM18:316:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:461:46 AM+127:333:33 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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