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Tuesday 16 January 1968 · Tokyo, Japan

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 01:111:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:011:01 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:516:51 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:091:09 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5111:51 AM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 00 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTokyo11:5111:51 AM
At noon, 11:5111:51 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 185° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 185° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:594:59 AM–05:555:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:275:27 AM–06:516:51 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:1112:11 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:311:31 PM–14:112:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:514:51 PM–17:195:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:514:51 PM–18:156:15 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:0111:01 PM–24:3812:38 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:518:51 AM–09:319:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:219:21 AM–10:3610:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5111:51 AM–13:061:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:171:17 PM–14:542:54 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:212:21 PM–15:363:36 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2710:27 PM–23:2311:23 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

Roga06:516:51 AM–08:068:06 AMavoid
Udvega08:068:06 AM–09:219:21 AMavoid
Cara09:219:21 AM–10:3610:36 AMneutral
Lābha10:3610:36 AM–11:5111:51 AMgood
Amṛta11:5111:51 AM–13:061:06 PMgood
Kāla13:061:06 PM–14:212:21 PMavoid
Śubha14:212:21 PM–15:363:36 PMgood
Roga15:363:36 PM–16:514:51 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:514:51 PM–18:366:36 PMavoid
Lābha18:366:36 PM–20:218:21 PMgood
Udvega20:218:21 PM–22:0610:06 PMavoid
Śubha22:0610:06 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Amṛta23:5111:51 PM–25:361:36 AM+1good
Cara25:361:36 AM+1–27:213:21 AM+1neutral
Roga27:213:21 AM+1–29:065:06 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:065:06 AM+1–30:516:51 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:516:51 AM to 30:516:51 AM+1

06:516:51 AM sunrise16:514:51 PM sunsetsunrise 30:516:51 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 25:011:01 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 29:305:30 AM+1
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 19:537:53 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:091:09 PM
Kaulavauntil 25:011:01 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:1112:11 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:212:21 PM–15:363:36 PM
Pradoṣa 16:514:51 PM–18:436:43 PM
Niśītha 23:2711:27 PM–24:1512:15 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. AbhijitUntil 12:1112:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:363:36 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 00 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:436:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1512:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā25:01 01:011:01 AM WedDvitīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya29:30 05:305:30 AM WedĀśleṣā
YogaViṣkambha19:537:53 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava13:091:09 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:51 06:516:51 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2024
Śaka
1889
Kali
5068
Ahargaṇa
1 851 406
Day length
10 h 00 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
17:175:17 PM
Moonset
07:267:26 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:594:59 AM06:516:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:594:59 AM05:555:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:275:27 AM06:516:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:516:51 AM08:518:51 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:518:51 AM10:5110:51 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:518:51 AM09:319:31 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:219:21 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5111:51 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:512:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:171:17 PM14:542:54 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:311:31 PM14:112:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:212:21 PM15:363:36 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:512:51 PM16:514:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:514:51 PM18:436:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:514:51 PM17:195:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:514:51 PM18:156:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2710:27 PM23:2311:23 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:0111:01 PM24:3812:38 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2711:27 PM24:1512:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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