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Monday 17 December 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Tṛtīyā

Somavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 03:013:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:154:15 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:097:09 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:343:34 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 29° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 6% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 29° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:245:24 AM–06:176:17 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:097:09 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1312:13 PM–12:5612:56 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:232:23 PM–15:073:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:006:00 PM–18:266:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:006:00 PM–19:197:19 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:5412:54 AM+1–26:372:37 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:318:31 AM–09:529:52 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1311:13 AM–12:3512:35 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5612:56 PM–13:401:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:561:56 PM–15:173:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:352:35 PM–16:184:18 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta15:073:07 PM–15:503:50 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

Amṛta07:097:09 AM–08:318:31 AMgood
Kāla08:318:31 AM–09:529:52 AMavoid
Śubha09:529:52 AM–11:1311:13 AMgood
Roga11:1311:13 AM–12:3512:35 PMavoid
Udvega12:3512:35 PM–13:561:56 PMavoid
Cara13:561:56 PM–15:173:17 PMneutral
Lābha15:173:17 PM–16:394:39 PMgood
Amṛta16:394:39 PM–18:006:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:006:00 PM–19:397:39 PMneutral
Roga19:397:39 PM–21:179:17 PMavoid
Kāla21:179:17 PM–22:5610:56 PMavoid
Lābha22:5610:56 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1good
Udvega24:3512:35 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:142:14 AM+1–27:533:53 AM+1good
Amṛta27:533:53 AM+1–29:315:31 AM+1good
Cara29:315:31 AM+1–31:107:10 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:097:09 AM to 31:107:10 AM+1

07:097:09 AM sunrise18:006:00 PM sunsetsunrise 31:107:10 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 28:154:15 AM+1
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 27:333:33 AM+1
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:343:34 PM
Garauntil 28:154:15 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:318:31 AM–09:529:52 AM
Abhijit 12:1312:13 PM–12:5612:56 PM
Pradoṣa 18:006:00 PM–19:457:45 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11 AM+1–24:5912:59 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. SunriseTṛtīyā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:529:52 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5612:56 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 50 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:457:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  9. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Tṛtīyā28:15 04:154:15 AM TueCaturthī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhāpast sunriseŚravaṇa
YogaDhruva27:33 03:333:33 AM TueVyāghāta
KaraṇaTaitila15:343:34 PMGara
VāraSomavāra31:10 07:107:10 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 795
Day length
10 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
09:149:14 AM
Moonset
20:168:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:245:24 AM07:097:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:245:24 AM06:176:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:097:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:097:09 AM09:209:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:318:31 AM09:529:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:209:20 AM11:3011:30 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1311:13 AM12:3512:35 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1312:13 PM12:5612:56 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:401:40 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:401:40 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:561:56 PM15:173:17 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:232:23 PM15:073:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:352:35 PM16:184:18 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:073:07 PM15:503:50 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:006:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:006:00 PM19:457:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:006:00 PM18:266:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:006:00 PM19:197:19 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11 AM+124:5912:59 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:5412:54 AM+126:372:37 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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