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Tuesday 20 January 2009 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Daśamī

Maṅgalavāra. Daśamī began at 04:034:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:156:15 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:206:20 AM

Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:065:06 PM

Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.

Noon

13:311:31 PM

The Sun 72° above N. Day length 14 h 21 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:311:31 PM
At noon, 13:311:31 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 292° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 31% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 292° falls in Kṛṣṇa Daśamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:035:03 AM–05:425:42 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:225:22 AM–06:206:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:021:02 PM–14:002:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:241:24 PM–15:103:10 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:543:54 PM–16:524:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:418:41 PM–21:019:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:418:41 PM–21:399:39 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:139:13 AM–10:1010:10 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:569:56 AM–11:4311:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:311:31 PM–15:183:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla17:065:06 PM–18:546:54 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta24:3312:33 AM+1–25:121:12 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:363:36 AM+1–29:245:24 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

Roga06:206:20 AM–08:088:08 AMavoid
Udvega08:088:08 AM–09:569:56 AMavoid
Cara09:569:56 AM–11:4311:43 AMneutral
Lābha11:4311:43 AM–13:311:31 PMgood
Amṛta13:311:31 PM–15:183:18 PMgood
Kāla15:183:18 PM–17:065:06 PMavoid
Śubha17:065:06 PM–18:546:54 PMgood
Roga18:546:54 PM–20:418:41 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla20:418:41 PM–21:549:54 PMavoid
Lābha21:549:54 PM–23:0611:06 PMgood
Udvega23:0611:06 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:1912:19 AM+1–25:311:31 AM+1good
Amṛta25:311:31 AM+1–26:442:44 AM+1good
Cara26:442:44 AM+1–27:563:56 AM+1neutral
Roga27:563:56 AM+1–29:095:09 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:095:09 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:206:20 AM to 30:216:21 AM+1

06:206:20 AM sunrise20:418:41 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Daśamīuntil 30:156:15 AM+1
Ekādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 23:0711:07 PM
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 29:275:27 AM+1
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 17:065:06 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 30:156:15 AM+1
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 13:021:02 PM–14:002:00 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:065:06 PM–18:546:54 PM
Pradoṣa 20:418:41 PM–21:599:59 PM
Niśītha 25:071:07 AM+1–25:551:55 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. SunriseDaśamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 14:002:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:546:54 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 14 h 21 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:599:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:551:55 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  10. EkādaśīTithi: Daśamī ends.
  11. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Daśamī30:15 06:156:15 AM WedEkādaśī
NakṣatraViśākhā23:0711:07 PMAnurādhā
YogaGaṇḍa29:27 05:275:27 AM WedVṛddhi
KaraṇaVaṇija17:065:06 PMViṣṭi
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2065
Śaka
1930
Kali
5109
Ahargaṇa
1 866 386
Day length
14 h 21 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
25:391:39 AM+1
Moonset
15:583:58 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:035:03 AM06:206:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:035:03 AM05:425:42 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:225:22 AM06:206:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:206:20 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM12:0512:05 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:139:13 AM10:1010:10 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:569:56 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:021:02 PM14:002:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday13:071:07 PM13:551:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:241:24 PM15:103:10 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:311:31 PM15:183:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:572:57 PM17:495:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:543:54 PM16:524:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:065:06 PM18:546:54 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:495:49 PM20:418:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:418:41 PM21:599:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:418:41 PM21:019:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:418:41 PM21:399:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:3312:33 AM+125:121:12 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight25:071:07 AM+125:551:55 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:363:36 AM+129:245:24 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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