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Tuesday 4 December 1956 · Queens, New York, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Tṛtīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 05:575:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:587:58+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:037:03 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:556:55 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 24 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 27° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 5% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 27° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:075:07 AM–06:056:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–07:037:03 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:0412:04 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:201:20 PM–13:571:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:284:28 PM–16:574:57 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:284:28 PM–17:565:56 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:453:45+1 AM–29:315:31+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:568:56 AM–09:349:34 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:259:25 AM–10:3510:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4611:46 AM–12:5612:56 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:072:07 PM–15:173:17 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:095:09 PM–18:556:55 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:1810:18 PM–23:1711:17 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

Roga07:037:03 AM–08:148:14 AMavoid
Udvega08:148:14 AM–09:259:25 AMavoid
Cara09:259:25 AM–10:3510:35 AMneutral
Lābha10:3510:35 AM–11:4611:46 AMgood
Amṛta11:4611:46 AM–12:5612:56 PMgood
Kāla12:5612:56 PM–14:072:07 PMavoid
Śubha14:072:07 PM–15:173:17 PMgood
Roga15:173:17 PM–16:284:28 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:284:28 PM–18:176:17 PMavoid
Lābha18:176:17 PM–20:078:07 PMgood
Udvega20:078:07 PM–21:579:57 PMavoid
Śubha21:579:57 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Amṛta23:4611:46 PM–25:361:36+1 AMgood
Cara25:361:36+1 AM–27:253:25+1 AMneutral
Roga27:253:25+1 AM–29:155:15+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:155:15+1 AM–31:047:04+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:037:03 AM to 31:047:04+1 AM

07:037:03 AM sunrise16:284:28 PM sunsetsunrise 31:047:04+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 26:352:35+1 AM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 18:556:55 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:0412:04 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:072:07 PM–15:173:17 PM
Pradoṣa 16:284:28 PM–18:256:25 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10+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. SunriseTṛtīyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:0412:04 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:173:17 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 24 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:256:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  9. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Tṛtīyāpast sunriseCaturthī
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaGaṇḍa26:35 02:352:35 AM WedVṛddhi
KaraṇaTaitila18:556:55 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:04 07:047:04 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 346
Day length
9 h 24 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
08:508:50 AM
Moonset
18:426:42 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:075:07 AM07:037:03 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:075:07 AM06:056:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM07:037:03 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:037:03 AM08:568:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:568:56 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:568:56 AM09:349:34 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:259:25 AM10:3510:35 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2211:22 AM12:1012:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:0412:04 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4611:46 AM12:5612:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4212:42 PM14:352:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:201:20 PM13:571:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:072:07 PM15:173:17 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:352:35 PM16:284:28 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:284:28 PM18:256:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:284:28 PM16:574:57 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:284:28 PM17:565:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:095:09 PM18:556:55 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1810:18 PM23:1711:17 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:453:45+1 AM29:315:31+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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