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Tuesday 9 January 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 21:069:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:539:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:556:55 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:269:26 AM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 19 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 355° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 355° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–06:006:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:335:33 AM–06:556:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4411:44 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:481:48 PM–14:292:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:145:14 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:145:14 PM–18:366:36 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:437:43 PM–21:259:25 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:598:59 AM–09:409:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:309:30 AM–10:4710:47 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:359:35 AM–11:1611:16 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:0412:04 PM–13:221:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4210:42 PM–23:3711:37 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

Roga06:556:55 AM–08:128:12 AMavoid
Udvega08:128:12 AM–09:309:30 AMavoid
Cara09:309:30 AM–10:4710:47 AMneutral
Lābha10:4710:47 AM–12:0412:04 PMgood
Amṛta12:0412:04 PM–13:221:22 PMgood
Kāla13:221:22 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Śubha14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMgood
Roga15:563:56 PM–17:145:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:145:14 PM–18:566:56 PMavoid
Lābha18:566:56 PM–20:398:39 PMgood
Udvega20:398:39 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0412:04 AM+1–25:471:47 AM+1good
Cara25:471:47 AM+1–27:303:30 AM+1neutral
Roga27:303:30 AM+1–29:125:12 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:125:12 AM+1–30:556:55 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:556:55 AM to 30:556:55 AM+1

06:556:55 AM sunrise17:145:14 PM sunsetsunrise 30:556:55 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 21:539:53 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 24:4812:48 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 27:173:17 AM+1
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 09:269:26 AM
Nāgauntil 21:539:53 PM
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4411:44 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PM
Pradoṣa 17:145:14 PM–19:037:03 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:563:56 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 19 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:037:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  8. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  11. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā21:539:53 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā24:48 00:4812:48 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVyāghāta27:17 03:173:17 AM WedHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda09:269:26 AMNāga
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:55 06:556:55 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1996
Śaka
1861
Kali
5040
Ahargaṇa
1 841 172
Day length
10 h 19 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
17:085:08 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:556:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM06:006:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:335:33 AM06:556:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:556:55 AM08:598:59 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:598:59 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:598:59 AM09:409:40 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:309:30 AM10:4710:47 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:359:35 AM11:1611:16 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4411:44 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0412:04 PM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:481:48 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:392:39 PM15:563:56 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:145:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:145:14 PM19:037:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:145:14 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:145:14 PM18:366:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:437:43 PM21:259:25 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4210:42 PM23:3711:37 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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