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Tuesday 26 December 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 22:5210:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:161:16 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:147:14 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:509:50 AM

Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.

Noon

12:3912:39 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3912:39 PM
At noon, 12:3912:39 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 6° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 6° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:295:29 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:555:55 AM–07:147:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1812:18 PM–13:011:01 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:282:28 PM–15:113:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:056:05 PM–18:316:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:056:05 PM–19:247:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:192:19 AM+1–28:074:07 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:249:24 AM–10:0810:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM–11:1811:18 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3912:39 PM–14:012:01 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:343:34 PM–17:215:21 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:2111:21 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1an 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

Roga07:147:14 AM–08:358:35 AMavoid
Udvega08:358:35 AM–09:579:57 AMavoid
Cara09:579:57 AM–11:1811:18 AMneutral
Lābha11:1811:18 AM–12:3912:39 PMgood
Amṛta12:3912:39 PM–14:012:01 PMgood
Kāla14:012:01 PM–15:223:22 PMavoid
Śubha15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PMgood
Roga16:434:43 PM–18:056:05 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:056:05 PM–19:437:43 PMavoid
Lābha19:437:43 PM–21:229:22 PMgood
Udvega21:229:22 PM–23:0111:01 PMavoid
Śubha23:0111:01 PM–24:4012:40 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4012:40 AM+1–26:182:18 AM+1good
Cara26:182:18 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1neutral
Roga27:573:57 AM+1–29:365:36 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:365:36 AM+1–31:157:15 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:147:14 AM to 31:157:15 AM+1

07:147:14 AM sunrise18:056:05 PM sunsetsunrise 31:157:15 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 25:161:16 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 09:509:50 AM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 12:0212:02 PM
Bavauntil 25:161:16 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1812:18 PM–13:011:01 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PM
Pradoṣa 18:056:05 PM–19:507:50 PM
Niśītha 24:1612:16 AM+1–25:041:04 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:011:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:434:43 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 51 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:507:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:041:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā25:16 01:161:16 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaVṛddhi09:509:50 AMDhruva
KaraṇaKiṃstughna12:0212:02 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:15 07:157:15 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 439
Day length
10 h 51 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
07:357:35 AM
Moonset
18:406:40 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:295:29 AM07:147:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:295:29 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:555:55 AM07:147:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:147:14 AM09:249:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:249:24 AM11:3411:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:249:24 AM10:0810:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:579:57 AM11:1811:18 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1512:15 PM13:031:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1812:18 PM13:011:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3912:39 PM14:012:01 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:441:44 PM15:543:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:282:28 PM15:113:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:223:22 PM16:434:43 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:343:34 PM17:215:21 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:543:54 PM18:056:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:056:05 PM19:507:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:056:05 PM18:316:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:056:05 PM19:247:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2111:21 PM24:1312:13 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1612:16 AM+125:041:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:192:19 AM+128:074:07 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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