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Tuesday 25 December 1973 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 18:076:07 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:508:50 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:356:35 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:287:28 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 8° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 8° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:484:48 AM–05:415:41 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:155:15 AM–06:356:35 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:222:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:115:11 PM–17:385:38 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:115:11 PM–18:326:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:1712:17 AM+1–26:052:05 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:428:42 AM–09:259:25 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:149:14 AM–10:3410:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5311:53 AM–13:131:13 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:251:25 PM–15:143:14 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:322:32 PM–15:523:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3310:33 PM–23:2711:27 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

Roga06:356:35 AM–07:557:55 AMavoid
Udvega07:557:55 AM–09:149:14 AMavoid
Cara09:149:14 AM–10:3410:34 AMneutral
Lābha10:3410:34 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Amṛta11:5311:53 AM–13:131:13 PMgood
Kāla13:131:13 PM–14:322:32 PMavoid
Śubha14:322:32 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Roga15:523:52 PM–17:115:11 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:115:11 PM–18:526:52 PMavoid
Lābha18:526:52 PM–20:328:32 PMgood
Udvega20:328:32 PM–22:1310:13 PMavoid
Śubha22:1310:13 PM–23:5311:53 PMgood
Amṛta23:5311:53 PM–25:341:34 AM+1good
Cara25:341:34 AM+1–27:143:14 AM+1neutral
Roga27:143:14 AM+1–28:554:55 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:554:55 AM+1–30:366:36 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:356:35 AM to 30:366:36 AM+1

06:356:35 AM sunrise17:115:11 PM sunsetsunrise 30:366:36 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 20:508:50 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 29:425:42 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 09:419:41 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 07:287:28 AM
Bavauntil 20:508:50 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:322:32 PM–15:523:52 PM
Pradoṣa 17:115:11 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  3. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:523:52 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 36 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā20:508:50 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā29:42 05:425:42 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi09:419:41 AMDhruva
KaraṇaKiṃstughna07:287:28 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:36 06:366:36 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2030
Śaka
1895
Kali
5074
Ahargaṇa
1 853 576
Day length
10 h 36 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:037:03 AM
Moonset
17:565:56 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:484:48 AM06:356:35 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:484:48 AM05:415:41 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:155:15 AM06:356:35 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:356:35 AM08:428:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:428:42 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:428:42 AM09:259:25 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:149:14 AM10:3410:34 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:131:13 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM15:043:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:251:25 PM15:143:14 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:222:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:322:32 PM15:523:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:043:04 PM17:115:11 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:115:11 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:115:11 PM17:385:38 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:115:11 PM18:326:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3310:33 PM23:2711:27 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:1712:17 AM+126:052:05 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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