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Friday 24 January 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 23:1111:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:381:38 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:218:21 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0612:06 PM

Prīti gives way to Āyuṣmān.

Noon

13:251:25 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:251:25 PM
At noon, 13:251:25 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 186° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 186° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:306:30 AM–07:257:25 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:586:58 AM–08:218:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:461:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:073:07 PM–15:473:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:306:30 PM–18:576:57 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:306:30 PM–19:537:53 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika09:379:37 AM–10:5310:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2310:23 AM–11:0311:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0912:09 PM–13:251:25 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:461:46 PM–14:262:26 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:573:57 PM–17:135:13 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:173:17 AM+1–29:055:05 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

Cara08:218:21 AM–09:379:37 AMneutral
Lābha09:379:37 AM–10:5310:53 AMgood
Amṛta10:5310:53 AM–12:0912:09 PMgood
Kāla12:0912:09 PM–13:251:25 PMavoid
Śubha13:251:25 PM–14:412:41 PMgood
Roga14:412:41 PM–15:573:57 PMavoid
Udvega15:573:57 PM–17:135:13 PMavoid
Cara17:135:13 PM–18:306:30 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:306:30 PM–20:138:13 PMavoid
Kāla20:138:13 PM–21:579:57 PMavoid
Lābha21:579:57 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Udvega23:4111:41 PM–25:251:25 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:251:25 AM+1–27:093:09 AM+1good
Amṛta27:093:09 AM+1–28:534:53 AM+1good
Cara28:534:53 AM+1–30:366:36 AM+1neutral
Roga30:366:36 AM+1–32:208:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:218:21 AM to 32:208:20 AM+1

08:218:21 AM sunrise18:306:30 PM sunsetsunrise 32:208:20 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 25:381:38 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 12:5412:54 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 12:0612:06 PM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:2312:23 PM
Kaulavauntil 25:381:38 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0912:09 PM–13:251:25 PM
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:461:46 PM
Pradoṣa 18:306:30 PM–20:208:20 PM
Niśītha 25:011:01 AM+1–25:491:49 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:251:25 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 13:461:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 09 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:208:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:491:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā25:38 01:381:38 AM SatDvitīyā
NakṣatraPuṣya12:5412:54 PMĀśleṣā
YogaPrīti12:0612:06 PMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBālava12:2312:23 PMKaulava
VāraŚukravāra32:20 08:208:20 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 862 007
Day length
10 h 09 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
19:207:20 PM
Moonset
none

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:306:30 AM08:218:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:306:30 AM07:257:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:586:58 AM08:218:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:218:21 AM10:2310:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:379:37 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2310:23 AM12:2412:24 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2310:23 AM11:0311:03 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0912:09 PM13:251:25 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday13:011:01 PM13:491:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:461:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:461:46 PM14:262:26 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:262:26 PM16:284:28 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:073:07 PM15:473:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:573:57 PM17:135:13 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:284:28 PM18:306:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:306:30 PM20:208:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:306:30 PM18:576:57 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:306:30 PM19:537:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight25:011:01 AM+125:491:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:173:17 AM+129:055:05 AM+1sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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