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Tuesday 14 January 2025 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 17:275:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:524:52 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:284:28 PM

Viṣkambha gives way to Prīti.

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 190° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 99% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 190° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

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
  • Vijaya13:401:40 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
  • Amṛta kāla17:315:31 PM–19:087:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:517:51 AM–09:279:27 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:139:13 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3810:38 PM–23:3611:36 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

Roga07:187:18 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Udvega08:298:29 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Cara09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMneutral
Lābha10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Amṛta12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMgood
Kāla13:161:16 PM–14:282:28 PMavoid
Śubha14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMgood
Roga15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:524:52 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid
Lābha18:406:40 PM–20:288:28 PMgood
Udvega20:288:28 PM–22:1610:16 PMavoid
Śubha22:1610:16 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0412:04 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1neutral
Roga27:413:41 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:295:29 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
Pratipadāuntil 16:524:52 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 23:5811:58 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 16:284:28 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 16:524:52 PM
Taitilauntil 28:484:48 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PM
Pradoṣa 16:524:52 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:403:40 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 34 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā16:524:52 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya23:5811:58 PMĀśleṣā
YogaViṣkambha16:284:28 PMPrīti
KaraṇaKaulava16:524:52 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:17 07:177:17 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 224
Day length
9 h 34 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
17:415:41 PM
Moonset
08:078:07 AM

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
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:517:51 AM09:279:27 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:139:13 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
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
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:192:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:282:28 PM15:403:40 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
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
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:315:31 PM19:087:08 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3810:38 PM23:3611:36 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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