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Tuesday 26 December 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 04:224:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:466:46 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:585:58 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1810:18 AM

Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.

Noon

13:211:21 PM

The Sun 76° above N. Day length 14 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:211:21 PM
At noon, 13:211:21 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 4° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 4° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:444:44 AM–05:215:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–05:585:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5112:51 PM–13:501:50 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:483:48 PM–16:474:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:448:44 PM–21:029:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:448:44 PM–21:399:39 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya08:328:32 AM–10:1810:18 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:558:55 AM–09:549:54 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:399:39 AM–11:3011:30 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:211:21 PM–15:113:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:049:04 PM–22:5110:51 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta24:2612:26 AM+1–25:021:02 AM+1an 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

Roga05:585:58 AM–07:487:48 AMavoid
Udvega07:487:48 AM–09:399:39 AMavoid
Cara09:399:39 AM–11:3011:30 AMneutral
Lābha11:3011:30 AM–13:211:21 PMgood
Amṛta13:211:21 PM–15:113:11 PMgood
Kāla15:113:11 PM–17:025:02 PMavoid
Śubha17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PMgood
Roga18:536:53 PM–20:448:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla20:448:44 PM–21:539:53 PMavoid
Lābha21:539:53 PM–23:0211:02 PMgood
Udvega23:0211:02 PM–24:1212:12 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:1212:12 AM+1–25:211:21 AM+1good
Amṛta25:211:21 AM+1–26:302:30 AM+1good
Cara26:302:30 AM+1–27:403:40 AM+1neutral
Roga27:403:40 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:494:49 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:585:58 AM to 29:585:58 AM+1

05:585:58 AM sunrise20:448:44 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 10:1810:18 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 15:203:20 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 17:325:32 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:5112:51 PM–13:501:50 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PM
Pradoṣa 20:448:44 PM–21:589:58 PM
Niśītha 24:5712:57 AM+1–25:451:45 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 13:501:50 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:536:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:589:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:451:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadāpast sunriseDvitīyā
NakṣatraMūla10:1810:18 AMPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi15:203:20 PMDhruva
KaraṇaKiṃstughna17:325:32 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:58 05:585:58 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 439
Day length
14 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
06:126:12 AM
Moonset
21:079:07 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:444:44 AM05:585:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:444:44 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:025:02 AM05:585:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:585:58 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:328:32 AM10:1810:18 AMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM11:5211:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:558:55 AM09:549:54 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:399:39 AM11:3011:30 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5112:51 PM13:501:50 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:5712:57 PM13:451:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:211:21 PM15:113:11 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:492:49 PM17:465:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:483:48 PM16:474:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:025:02 PM18:536:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:465:46 PM20:448:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:448:44 PM21:589:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:448:44 PM21:029:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:448:44 PM21:399:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:049:04 PM22:5110:51 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:2612:26 AM+125:021:02 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:5712:57 AM+125:451:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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