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Saturday 13 December 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Śanivāra. Caturthī began at 08:408:40 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0910:09 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:077:07 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0910:09 AM

Caturthī gives way to Pañcamī.

Noon

12:3312:33 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3312:33 PM
At noon, 12:3312:33 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 229° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 83% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 229° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:146:14 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:485:48 AM–07:077:07 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1112:11 PM–12:5412:54 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:212:21 PM–15:053:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:585:58 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:585:58 PM–19:177:17 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:077:07 AM–08:288:28 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:077:07 AM–07:507:50 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:507:50 AM–08:348:34 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:509:50 AM–11:1111:11 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:541:54 PM–15:153:15 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:163:16 AM+1–28:584:58 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Kāla07:077:07 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Śubha08:288:28 AM–09:509:50 AMgood
Roga09:509:50 AM–11:1111:11 AMavoid
Udvega11:1111:11 AM–12:3312:33 PMavoid
Cara12:3312:33 PM–13:541:54 PMneutral
Lābha13:541:54 PM–15:153:15 PMgood
Amṛta15:153:15 PM–16:374:37 PMgood
Kāla16:374:37 PM–17:585:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:585:58 PM–19:377:37 PMgood
Udvega19:377:37 PM–21:169:16 PMavoid
Śubha21:169:16 PM–22:5410:54 PMgood
Amṛta22:5410:54 PM–24:3312:33 AM+1good
Cara24:3312:33 AM+1–26:122:12 AM+1neutral
Roga26:122:12 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:503:50 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:295:29 AM+1–31:077:07 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:077:07 AM to 31:077:07 AM+1

07:077:07 AM sunrise17:585:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:077:07 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 10:0910:09 AM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 13:421:42 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 19:047:04 PM
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:0910:09 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:4310:43 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:509:50 AM–11:1111:11 AM
Abhijit 12:1112:11 PM–12:5412:54 PM
Pradoṣa 17:585:58 PM–19:437:43 PM
Niśītha 24:0912:09 AM+1–24:5712:57 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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1111:11 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5412:54 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 51 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:437:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5712:57 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī10:0910:09 AMPañcamī
NakṣatraPuṣya13:421:42 PMĀśleṣā
YogaIndra19:047:04 PMVaidhṛti
KaraṇaBālava10:0910:09 AMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra31:07 07:077:07 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 521
Day length
10 h 51 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
21:549:54 PM
Moonset
10:4010:40 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:077:07 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:146:14 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:485:48 AM07:077:07 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:077:07 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:077:07 AM08:288:28 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:077:07 AM07:507:50 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:507:50 AM08:348:34 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:509:50 AM11:1111:11 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0912:09 PM12:5712:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1112:11 PM12:5412:54 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM15:483:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:541:54 PM15:153:15 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:212:21 PM15:053:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:483:48 PM17:585:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:585:58 PM19:437:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:585:58 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:585:58 PM19:177:17 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0912:09 AM+124:5712:57 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:163:16 AM+128:584:58 AM+1sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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