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Tuesday 31 December 2024 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 06:276:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:525:52+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:546:54 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:136:13 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 3° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 3° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:035:03 AM–05:585:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:315:31 AM–06:546:54 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4011:40 AM–12:2112:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:242:24 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:085:08 PM–17:365:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:085:08 PM–18:316:31 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:459:45 PM–23:2111:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:568:56 AM–09:379:37 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:279:27 AM–10:4410:44 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0112:01 PM–13:181:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:0612:06 PM–13:421:42 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:342:34 PM–15:513:51 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3810:38 PM–23:3311:33 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

Roga06:546:54 AM–08:108:10 AMavoid
Udvega08:108:10 AM–09:279:27 AMavoid
Cara09:279:27 AM–10:4410:44 AMneutral
Lābha10:4410:44 AM–12:0112:01 PMgood
Amṛta12:0112:01 PM–13:181:18 PMgood
Kāla13:181:18 PM–14:342:34 PMavoid
Śubha14:342:34 PM–15:513:51 PMgood
Roga15:513:51 PM–17:085:08 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:085:08 PM–18:516:51 PMavoid
Lābha18:516:51 PM–20:348:34 PMgood
Udvega20:348:34 PM–22:1810:18 PMavoid
Śubha22:1810:18 PM–24:0112:01+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:0112:01+1 AM–25:441:44+1 AMgood
Cara25:441:44+1 AM–27:273:27+1 AMneutral
Roga27:273:27+1 AM–29:115:11+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:115:11+1 AM–30:546:54+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:546:54 AM to 30:546:54+1 AM

06:546:54 AM sunrise17:085:08 PM sunsetsunrise 30:546:54+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 29:525:52+1 AM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 26:342:34+1 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 21:299:29 PM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 18:136:13 PM
Bavauntil 29:525:52+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4011:40 AM–12:2112:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:342:34 PM–15:513:51 PM
Pradoṣa 17:085:08 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25+1 AM

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. AbhijitUntil 12:2112:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:513:51 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 14 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  7. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā29:52 05:525:52 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā26:34 02:342:34 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaDhruva21:299:29 PMVyāghāta
KaraṇaKiṃstughna18:136:13 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:54 06:546:54 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 210
Day length
10 h 14 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:187:18 AM
Moonset
17:155:15 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:035:03 AM06:546:54 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:035:03 AM05:585:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:315:31 AM06:546:54 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:546:54 AM08:568:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:568:56 AM10:5910:59 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:568:56 AM09:379:37 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:279:27 AM10:4410:44 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4011:40 AM12:2112:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0112:01 PM13:181:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:421:42 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM15:053:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:242:24 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:342:34 PM15:513:51 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:053:05 PM17:085:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:085:08 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:085:08 PM17:365:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:085:08 PM18:316:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:459:45 PM23:2111:21 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3810:38 PM23:3311:33 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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