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Wednesday 15 January 2003 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Trayodaśī

Budhavāra. Trayodaśī began at 05:525:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:306:30 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

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

AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:166:16 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

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 147° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 92% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 147° falls in Śukla Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • 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–18:196:19 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:436:43 PM–20:248:24 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:298:29 AM–09:419:41 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:378:37 AM–10:1810:18 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0512:05 PM–13:171:17 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

Lābha07:187:18 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Amṛta08:298:29 AM–09:419:41 AMgood
Kāla09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMavoid
Śubha10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Roga12:0512:05 PM–13:171:17 PMavoid
Udvega13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Cara14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMneutral
Lābha15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:524:52 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid
Śubha18:406:40 PM–20:288:28 PMgood
Amṛta20:288:28 PM–22:1710:17 PMgood
Cara22:1710:17 PM–24:0512:05 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0512:05 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:413:41 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1good
Udvega29:295:29 AM+1–31:177:17 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:524:52 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Trayodaśīuntil 30:306:30 AM+1
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 27:593:59 AM+1
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 18:516:51 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 18:166:16 PM
Taitilauntil 30:306:30 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0512:05 PM–13:171:17 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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:171:17 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SunsetDay length 9 h 34 m.
  4. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2912:29 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  9. CaturdaśīTithi: Trayodaśī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśī30:30 06:306:30 AM ThuCaturdaśī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā27:59 03:593:59 AM ThuĀrdrā
YogaBrahma18:516:51 PMIndra
KaraṇaKaulava18:166:16 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:17 07:177:17 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 189
Day length
9 h 34 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
14:162:16 PM
Moonset
29:555:55 AM+1

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 day08:298:29 AM09:419:41 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:378:37 AM10:1810:18 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5310:53 AM12:0512:05 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:171:17 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:192:19 PM11th 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 PM18:196:19 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:436:43 PM20:248:24 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4111:41 PM24:2912:29 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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