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Saturday 22 December 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pūrṇimā

Śanivāra. Pūrṇimā began at 01:091:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:1910:19 PM.

Observed here on this day

Dattātreyotpatti · Datta Jayanti

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

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4711:47 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 174° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 174° falls in Śukla Pūrṇimā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:035:03 AM–06:006:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:325:32 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:1112:11 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:092:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:132:13 PM–15:413:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:474:47 PM–17:155:15 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:474:47 PM–18:126:12 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:576:57 AM–08:118:11 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:576:57 AM–07:367:36 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:367:36 AM–08:158:15 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:249:24 AM–10:3810:38 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:061:06 PM–14:192:19 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:495:49 AM+1–31:157:15 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

Kāla06:576:57 AM–08:118:11 AMavoid
Śubha08:118:11 AM–09:249:24 AMgood
Roga09:249:24 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Udvega10:3810:38 AM–11:5211:52 AMavoid
Cara11:5211:52 AM–13:061:06 PMneutral
Lābha13:061:06 PM–14:192:19 PMgood
Amṛta14:192:19 PM–15:333:33 PMgood
Kāla15:333:33 PM–16:474:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:474:47 PM–18:336:33 PMgood
Udvega18:336:33 PM–20:198:19 PMavoid
Śubha20:198:19 PM–22:0610:06 PMgood
Amṛta22:0610:06 PM–23:5211:52 PMgood
Cara23:5211:52 PM–25:381:38 AM+1neutral
Roga25:381:38 AM+1–27:253:25 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:253:25 AM+1–29:115:11 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:115:11 AM+1–30:576:57 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57 AM+1

06:576:57 AM sunrise16:474:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pūrṇimāuntil 22:1910:19 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 22:1510:15 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 12:0012:00 PM
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:4711:47 AM
Bavauntil 22:1910:19 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:249:24 AM–10:3810:38 AM
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:1112:11 PM
Pradoṣa 16:474:47 PM–18:406:40 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16 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. SunrisePūrṇimā holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3810:38 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1112:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 50 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:406:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  9. PratipadāTithi: Pūrṇimā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pūrṇimā22:1910:19 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā22:1510:15 PMĀrdrā
YogaŚubha12:0012:00 PMŚukla
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:4711:47 AMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:57 06:576:57 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 009
Day length
9 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
16:404:40 PM
Moonset
none

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:035:03 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:035:03 AM06:006:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:325:32 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:576:57 AM08:118:11 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:576:57 AM07:367:36 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:367:36 AM08:158:15 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM10:5310:53 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:249:24 AM10:3810:38 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2811:28 AM12:1612:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:492:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:061:06 PM14:192:19 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:092:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:132:13 PM15:413:41 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:492:49 PM16:474:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:474:47 PM18:406:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:474:47 PM17:155:15 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:474:47 PM18:126:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:495:49 AM+131:157:15 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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