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January 1959 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa to Pauṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Thursday 15 January 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Saptamī

Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:073:07 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:587:58 AM

Uttara Bhādrapadā gives way to Revatī.

Noon

12:0512:05 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0512:05 PM
At noon, 12:0512:05 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 77° ahead of it, in Revatī, 39% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 77° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:192:19 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:524:52 PM–17:215:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:524:52 PM–18:186:18 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:187:18 AM–08:308:30 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2910:29 AM–11:0711:07 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:192:19 PM–14:572:57 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya21:269:26 PM–23:1411:14 PMa 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

Śubha07:187:18 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Roga08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Udvega09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMavoid
Cara10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMneutral
Lābha12:0512:05 PM–13:171:17 PMgood
Amṛta13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMgood
Kāla14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMavoid
Śubha15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta16:524:52 PM–18:406:40 PMgood
Cara18:406:40 PM–20:288:28 PMneutral
Roga20:288:28 PM–22:1610:16 PMavoid
Kāla22:1610:16 PM–24:0512:05 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0512:05 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Udvega25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:413:41 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1good
Amṛta29:295:29 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:524:52 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 27:073:07 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 07:587:58 AM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 24:0112:01 AM+1
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 13:521:52 PM
Vaṇijauntil 27:073:07 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PM
Pradoṣa 16:524:52 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:4111:41 PM–24:2912:29 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:282:28 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 34 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2912:29 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī27:07 03:073:07 AM FriAṣṭamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā07:587:58 AMRevatī
YogaŚiva24:01 00:0112:01 AM FriSiddha
KaraṇaGara13:521:52 PMVaṇija
VāraGuruvāra31:18 07:187:18 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 118
Day length
9 h 34 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
10:4410:44 AM
Moonset
23:4311:43 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:187:18 AM08:308:30 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2910:29 AM11:0711:07 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:282:28 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:192:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:192:19 PM14:572:57 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:572:57 PM16:524:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:524:52 PM18:476:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:524:52 PM17:215:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:524:52 PM18:186:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:269:26 PM23:1411:14 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4111:41 PM24:2912:29 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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