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Sunday 17 December 2017 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Ravivāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:001:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:303:30 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:446:44 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:142:14 PM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:3712:37 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:3712:37 PM
At noon, 12:3712:37 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 353° ahead of it, in Jyeṣṭhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 353° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:065:06 AM–05:555:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:305:30 AM–06:446:44 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1312:13 PM–13:001:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:4512:45 PM–14:322:32 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:352:35 PM–15:223:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:306:30 PM–18:556:55 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:306:30 PM–19:447:44 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:3712:37 PM–14:052:05 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:343:34 PM–17:025:02 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:564:56 PM–17:435:43 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Udvega06:446:44 AM–08:128:12 AMavoid
Cara08:128:12 AM–09:409:40 AMneutral
Lābha09:409:40 AM–11:0911:09 AMgood
Amṛta11:0911:09 AM–12:3712:37 PMgood
Kāla12:3712:37 PM–14:052:05 PMavoid
Śubha14:052:05 PM–15:343:34 PMgood
Roga15:343:34 PM–17:025:02 PMavoid
Udvega17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:306:30 PM–20:028:02 PMgood
Amṛta20:028:02 PM–21:349:34 PMgood
Cara21:349:34 PM–23:0511:05 PMneutral
Roga23:0511:05 PM–24:3712:37 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:3712:37 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:092:09 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1good
Udvega27:413:41 AM+1–29:125:12 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:125:12 AM+1–30:446:44 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:446:44 AM to 30:446:44 AM+1

06:446:44 AM sunrise18:306:30 PM sunsetsunrise 30:446:44 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 27:303:30 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhāuntil 22:3710:37 PM
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 18:306:30 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 14:142:14 PM
Nāgauntil 27:303:30 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1312:13 PM–13:001:00 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:025:02 PM–18:306:30 PM
Pradoṣa 18:306:30 PM–20:088:08 PM
Niśītha 24:1312:13 AM+1–25:011:01 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:001:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:306:30 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  5. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 47 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:088:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. MūlaNakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:011:01 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  11. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā27:30 03:303:30 AM MonPratipadā
NakṣatraJyeṣṭhā22:3710:37 PMMūla
YogaŚūla18:306:30 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda14:142:14 PMNāga
VāraRavivāra30:44 06:446:44 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 639
Day length
11 h 47 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
none
Moonset
18:106:10 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:065:06 AM06:446:44 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:065:06 AM05:555:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:305:30 AM06:446:44 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:446:44 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1312:13 PM13:011:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1312:13 PM13:001:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:3712:37 PM14:052:05 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:4512:45 PM14:322:32 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:481:48 PM16:094:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:352:35 PM15:223:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:343:34 PM17:025:02 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:094:09 PM18:306:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:564:56 PM17:435:43 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:025:02 PM18:306:30 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:306:30 PM20:088:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:306:30 PM18:556:55 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:306:30 PM19:447:44 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1312:13 AM+125:011:01 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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