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Tuesday 14 January 2025 · Luanda, Angola

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 23:2711:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5210:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0511:05 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:1612:16 PM

The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonLuanda12:1612:16 PM
At noon, 12:1612:16 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 187° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 187° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:274:27 AM–05:135:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:504:50 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5111:51 AM–12:4112:41 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:123:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:336:33 PM–18:566:56 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:336:33 PM–19:427:42 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:3111:31 PM–25:081:08+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:308:30 AM–09:209:20 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:079:07 AM–10:4210:42 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1612:16 PM–13:501:50 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:511:51 PM–15:273:27 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla15:253:25 PM–16:594:59 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0811:08 PM–23:5411:54 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

Roga05:595:59 AM–07:337:33 AMavoid
Udvega07:337:33 AM–09:079:07 AMavoid
Cara09:079:07 AM–10:4210:42 AMneutral
Lābha10:4210:42 AM–12:1612:16 PMgood
Amṛta12:1612:16 PM–13:501:50 PMgood
Kāla13:501:50 PM–15:253:25 PMavoid
Śubha15:253:25 PM–16:594:59 PMgood
Roga16:594:59 PM–18:336:33 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:336:33 PM–19:597:59 PMavoid
Lābha19:597:59 PM–21:259:25 PMgood
Udvega21:259:25 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Śubha22:5110:51 PM–24:1612:16+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:1612:16+1 AM–25:421:42+1 AMgood
Cara25:421:42+1 AM–27:083:08+1 AMneutral
Roga27:083:08+1 AM–28:344:34+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:344:34+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:595:59 AM to 29:595:59+1 AM

05:595:59 AM sunrise18:336:33 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 22:5210:52 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 29:585:58+1 AM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 22:2810:28 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:0511:05 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:5210:52 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5111:51 AM–12:4112:41 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:253:25 PM–16:594:59 PM
Pradoṣa 18:336:33 PM–20:058:05 PM
Niśītha 23:5211:52 PM–24:4012:40+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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4112:41 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:594:59 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:058:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4012:40+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā22:5210:52 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya29:58 05:585:58 AM WedĀśleṣā
YogaViṣkambha22:2810:28 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava11:0511:05 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 224
Day length
12 h 35 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
19:207:20 PM
Moonset
06:166:16 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:274:27 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:274:27 AM05:135:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:504:50 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:308:30 AM09:209:20 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:079:07 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5111:51 AM12:4112:41 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5211:52 AM12:4012:40 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1612:16 PM13:501:50 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:321:32 PM16:034:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:511:51 PM15:273:27 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:123:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:253:25 PM16:594:59 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:034:03 PM18:336:33 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:336:33 PM20:058:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:336:33 PM18:566:56 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:336:33 PM19:427:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0811:08 PM23:5411:54 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:3111:31 PM25:081:08+1 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5211:52 PM24:4012:40+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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