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January 2002 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa to Pauṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 14 January 2002 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 16:294:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:565:56 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:406:40 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:556:55 AM

Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.

Noon

12:0212:02 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh12:0212:02 PM
At noon, 12:0212:02 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 9° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 9° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:544:54 AM–05:475:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:205:20 AM–06:406:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4111:41 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:501:50 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:255:25 PM–17:515:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:255:25 PM–18:446:44 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:084:08 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:008:00 AM–09:219:21 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4210:42 AM–12:0212:02 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2412:24 PM–13:071:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:231:23 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:163:16 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:385:38 PM–19:237:23 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

Amṛta06:406:40 AM–08:008:00 AMgood
Kāla08:008:00 AM–09:219:21 AMavoid
Śubha09:219:21 AM–10:4210:42 AMgood
Roga10:4210:42 AM–12:0212:02 PMavoid
Udvega12:0212:02 PM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Cara13:231:23 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–16:044:04 PMgood
Amṛta16:044:04 PM–17:255:25 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:255:25 PM–19:047:04 PMneutral
Roga19:047:04 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:2310:23 PMavoid
Lābha22:2310:23 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1good
Udvega24:0212:02 AM+1–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:421:42 AM+1–27:213:21 AM+1good
Amṛta27:213:21 AM+1–29:005:00 AM+1good
Cara29:005:00 AM+1–30:406:40 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:406:40 AM to 30:406:40 AM+1

06:406:40 AM sunrise17:255:25 PM sunsetsunrise 30:406:40 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 17:565:56 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 13:161:16 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 06:556:55 AM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:565:56 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:008:00 AM–09:219:21 AM
Abhijit 11:4111:41 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Pradoṣa 17:255:25 PM–19:117:11 PM
Niśītha 23:3811:38 PM–24:2612:26 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:219:21 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 45 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:117:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2612:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā17:565:56 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā13:161:16 PMŚravaṇa
YogaHarṣaṇa06:556:55 AMVajra
KaraṇaBava17:565:56 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:40 06:406:40 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 823
Day length
10 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
07:217:21 AM
Moonset
18:126:12 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:544:54 AM06:406:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:544:54 AM05:475:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:205:20 AM06:406:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:406:40 AM08:498:49 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:008:00 AM09:219:21 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:498:49 AM10:5810:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM12:0212:02 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3811:38 AM12:2612:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4111:41 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2412:24 PM13:071:07 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM15:163:16 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:231:23 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:501:50 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:163:16 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:163:16 PM17:255:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:255:25 PM19:117:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:255:25 PM17:515:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:255:25 PM18:446:44 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:385:38 PM19:237:23 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3811:38 PM24:2612:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:084:08 AM+129:535:53 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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