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Wednesday 3 January 2024 · Queens, New York, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 06:416:41 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:199:19 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:199:19 AM

Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 20 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 265° ahead of it, in Hasta, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 265° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:331:33 PM–14:102:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:404:40 PM–17:095:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:404:40 PM–18:086:08 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:2212:22 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:308:30 AM–09:409:40 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5010:50 AM–12:0012:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4111:41 AM–12:1812:18 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:101:10 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:391:39 PM–15:263:26 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

Lābha07:207:20 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Amṛta08:308:30 AM–09:409:40 AMgood
Kāla09:409:40 AM–10:5010:50 AMavoid
Śubha10:5010:50 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Roga12:0012:00 PM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Udvega13:101:10 PM–14:202:20 PMavoid
Cara14:202:20 PM–15:303:30 PMneutral
Lābha15:303:30 PM–16:404:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:404:40 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid
Śubha18:306:30 PM–20:208:20 PMgood
Amṛta20:208:20 PM–22:1010:10 PMgood
Cara22:1010:10 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0012:00 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:501:50 AM+1–27:403:40 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:403:40 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1good
Udvega29:305:30 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:207:20 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:404:40 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 09:199:19 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 31:047:04 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 19:517:51 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:199:19 AM
Bālavauntil 22:3010:30 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0012:00 PM–13:101:10 PM
Pradoṣa 16:404:40 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:101:10 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 20 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī09:199:19 AMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraHasta31:04 07:047:04 AM ThuCitrā
YogaŚobhana19:517:51 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava09:199:19 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:20 07:207:20 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 847
Day length
9 h 20 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:1412:14 AM+1
Moonset
11:2511:25 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:129:12 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:308:30 AM09:409:40 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:129:12 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5010:50 AM12:0012:00 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4111:41 AM12:1812:18 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:101:10 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5612:56 PM14:482:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:331:33 PM14:102:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:391:39 PM15:263:26 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:482:48 PM16:404:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:404:40 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:404:40 PM17:095:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:404:40 PM18:086:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:2212:22 AM+126:092:09 AM+1sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
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