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Saturday 28 December 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā

Śanivāra. Tṛtīyā began at 08:118:11 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:3110:31 AM.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

Caturthī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

08:258:25 AM

Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3110:31 AM

Tṛtīyā gives way to Caturthī.

Noon

13:151:15 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 40 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:151:15 PM
At noon, 13:151:15 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 217° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 90% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 217° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:306:30 AM–07:277:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:596:59 AM–08:258:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5512:55 PM–13:341:34 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:512:51 PM–15:303:30 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:056:05 PM–18:336:33 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:056:05 PM–19:317:31 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla31:227:22 AM+1–33:109:10 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:258:25 AM–09:379:37 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:258:25 AM–09:039:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta09:039:03 AM–09:429:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:5010:50 AM–12:0212:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:272:27 PM–15:403:40 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:348:34 PM–22:2210:22 PMa 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

Kāla08:258:25 AM–09:379:37 AMavoid
Śubha09:379:37 AM–10:5010:50 AMgood
Roga10:5010:50 AM–12:0212:02 PMavoid
Udvega12:0212:02 PM–13:151:15 PMavoid
Cara13:151:15 PM–14:272:27 PMneutral
Lābha14:272:27 PM–15:403:40 PMgood
Amṛta15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMgood
Kāla16:524:52 PM–18:056:05 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:056:05 PM–19:527:52 PMgood
Udvega19:527:52 PM–21:409:40 PMavoid
Śubha21:409:40 PM–23:2711:27 PMgood
Amṛta23:2711:27 PM–25:151:15 AM+1good
Cara25:151:15 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1neutral
Roga27:023:02 AM+1–28:504:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:504:50 AM+1–30:376:37 AM+1avoid
Lābha30:376:37 AM+1–32:258:25 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:258:25 AM to 32:258:25 AM+1

08:258:25 AM sunrise18:056:05 PM sunsetsunrise 32:258:25 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Tṛtīyāuntil 10:3110:31 AM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 32:198:19 AM+1
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:3110:31 AM
Bavauntil 23:4811:48 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:5010:50 AM–12:0212:02 PM
Abhijit 12:5512:55 PM–13:341:34 PM
Pradoṣa 18:056:05 PM–19:597:59 PM
Niśītha 24:5112:51 AM+1–25:391:39 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:0212:02 PM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:341:34 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 40 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:597:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:391:39 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā10:3110:31 AMCaturthī
NakṣatraĀśleṣāpast sunriseMaghā
YogaViṣkambha32:19 08:198:19 AM SunPrīti
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:3110:31 AMBava
VāraŚanivāra32:25 08:258:25 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 980
Day length
9 h 40 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
21:279:27 PM
Moonset
10:2010:20 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:306:30 AM08:258:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:306:30 AM07:277:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:596:59 AM08:258:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:258:25 AM10:2110:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:258:25 AM09:379:37 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:258:25 AM09:039:03 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:039:03 AM09:429:42 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2110:21 AM12:1712:17 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:5010:50 AM12:0212:02 PMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5112:51 PM13:391:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5512:55 PM13:341:34 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:132:13 PM16:094:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:272:27 PM15:403:40 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:512:51 PM15:303:30 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:094:09 PM18:056:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:056:05 PM19:597:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:056:05 PM18:336:33 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:056:05 PM19:317:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:348:34 PM22:2210:22 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5112:51 AM+125:391:39 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra31:227:22 AM+133:109:10 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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