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Sunday 29 December 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 04:564:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:233:23 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:536:53 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:054:05 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 13 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 4° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 4° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:035:03 AM–05:585:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:305:30 AM–06:536:53 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3911:39 AM–12:2012:20 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:065:06 PM–17:345:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:065:06 PM–18:296:29 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1810:18 PM–23:5111:51 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:0012:00 PM–13:161:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:041:04 PM–14:362:36 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika14:332:33 PM–15:503:50 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:453:45 PM–16:264:26 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla15:503:50 PM–17:065:06 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Udvega06:536:53 AM–08:108:10 AMavoid
Cara08:108:10 AM–09:269:26 AMneutral
Lābha09:269:26 AM–10:4310:43 AMgood
Amṛta10:4310:43 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Śubha13:161:16 PM–14:332:33 PMgood
Roga14:332:33 PM–15:503:50 PMavoid
Udvega15:503:50 PM–17:065:06 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha17:065:06 PM–18:506:50 PMgood
Amṛta18:506:50 PM–20:338:33 PMgood
Cara20:338:33 PM–22:1710:17 PMneutral
Roga22:1710:17 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:0012:00 AM+1–25:431:43 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:431:43 AM+1–27:273:27 AM+1good
Udvega27:273:27 AM+1–29:105:10 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:105:10 AM+1–30:536:53 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:536:53 AM to 30:536:53 AM+1

06:536:53 AM sunrise17:065:06 PM sunsetsunrise 30:536:53 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 27:233:23 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 26:552:55 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 24:2112:21 AM+1
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 16:054:05 PM
Bavauntil 27:233:23 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3911:39 AM–12:2012:20 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:503:50 PM–17:065:06 PM
Pradoṣa 17:065:06 PM–18:576:57 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2012:20 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:065:06 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 13 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:576:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā27:23 03:233:23 AM MonDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā26:55 02:552:55 AM MonUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva24:21 00:2112:21 AM MonVyāghāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna16:054:05 PMBava
VāraRavivāra30:53 06:536:53 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 527
Day length
10 h 13 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
17:425:42 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:035:03 AM06:536:53 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:035:03 AM05:585:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:305:30 AM06:536:53 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:536:53 AM08:568:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:568:56 AM10:5810:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3911:39 AM12:2012:20 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:043:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:041:04 PM14:362:36 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:332:33 PM15:503:50 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:043:04 PM17:065:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:453:45 PM16:264:26 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:503:50 PM17:065:06 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk17:065:06 PM18:576:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:065:06 PM17:345:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:065:06 PM18:296:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1810:18 PM23:5111:51 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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