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Wednesday 21 December 1938 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Budhavāra. Amāvasyā began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:072:07 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:496:49 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:051:05 PM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 353° ahead of it, in Jyeṣṭhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 353° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:594:59 AM–05:545:54 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:265:26 AM–06:496:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:371:37 PM–14:182:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:025:02 PM–17:295:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:025:02 PM–18:246:24 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:068:06 AM–09:229:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3910:39 AM–11:5511:55 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3511:35 AM–12:1612:16 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5511:55 AM–13:121:12 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:3610:36 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1a 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

Lābha06:496:49 AM–08:068:06 AMgood
Amṛta08:068:06 AM–09:229:22 AMgood
Kāla09:229:22 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Śubha10:3910:39 AM–11:5511:55 AMgood
Roga11:5511:55 AM–13:121:12 PMavoid
Udvega13:121:12 PM–14:292:29 PMavoid
Cara14:292:29 PM–15:453:45 PMneutral
Lābha15:453:45 PM–17:025:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:025:02 PM–18:456:45 PMavoid
Śubha18:456:45 PM–20:298:29 PMgood
Amṛta20:298:29 PM–22:1210:12 PMgood
Cara22:1210:12 PM–23:5611:56 PMneutral
Roga23:5611:56 PM–25:391:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:391:39 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:233:23 AM+1–29:065:06 AM+1good
Udvega29:065:06 AM+1–30:506:50 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50 AM+1

06:496:49 AM sunrise17:025:02 PM sunsetsunrise 30:506:50 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 26:072:07 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhāuntil 13:441:44 PM
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 27:453:45 AM+1
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 13:051:05 PM
Nāgauntil 26:072:07 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5511:55 AM–13:121:12 PM
Pradoṣa 17:025:02 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:121:12 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  4. MūlaNakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 12 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  9. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  10. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā26:07 02:072:07 AM ThuPratipadā
NakṣatraJyeṣṭhā13:441:44 PMMūla
YogaGaṇḍa27:45 03:453:45 AM ThuVṛddhi
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda13:051:05 PMNāga
VāraBudhavāra30:50 06:506:50 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1995
Śaka
1860
Kali
5039
Ahargaṇa
1 840 788
Day length
10 h 12 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
none
Moonset
16:464:46 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:594:59 AM06:496:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:594:59 AM05:545:54 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:265:26 AM06:496:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:496:49 AM08:528:52 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:068:06 AM09:229:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:528:52 AM10:5410:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3910:39 AM11:5511:55 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:1612:16 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5511:55 AM13:121:12 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM14:592:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:371:37 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:592:59 PM17:025:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:025:02 PM18:526:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:025:02 PM17:295:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:025:02 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:3610:36 PM24:2212:22 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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