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Friday 21 March 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Phālguna Śukla Trayodaśī

Śukravāra. Trayodaśī began at 05:255:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:038:03 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Śukla Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:167:16 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:456:45 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

13:201:20 PM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:201:20 PM
At noon, 13:201:20 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 148° ahead of it, in Maghā, 92% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 148° falls in Śukla Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:415:41 AM–06:296:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:056:05 AM–07:167:16 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5612:56 PM–13:451:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:223:22 PM–16:114:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:257:25 PM–19:497:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:257:25 PM–20:368:36 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:484:48 AM+1–30:376:37 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:478:47 AM–10:1810:18 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:429:42 AM–10:3010:30 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:211:21 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:451:45 PM–14:332:33 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa16:234:23 PM–17:545:54 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:585:58 PM–19:467:46 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

Cara07:167:16 AM–08:478:47 AMneutral
Lābha08:478:47 AM–10:1810:18 AMgood
Amṛta10:1810:18 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:211:21 PMavoid
Śubha13:211:21 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Roga14:522:52 PM–16:234:23 PMavoid
Udvega16:234:23 PM–17:545:54 PMavoid
Cara17:545:54 PM–19:257:25 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga19:257:25 PM–20:548:54 PMavoid
Kāla20:548:54 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Lābha22:2210:22 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Udvega23:5111:51 PM–25:201:20 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:201:20 AM+1–26:482:48 AM+1good
Amṛta26:482:48 AM+1–28:174:17 AM+1good
Cara28:174:17 AM+1–29:465:46 AM+1neutral
Roga29:465:46 AM+1–31:147:14 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:167:16 AM to 31:147:14 AM+1

07:167:16 AM sunrise19:257:25 PM sunsetsunrise 31:147:14 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 23:3511:35 PM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 18:456:45 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4911:49 AM–13:211:21 PM
Abhijit 12:5612:56 PM–13:451:45 PM
Pradoṣa 19:257:25 PM–21:009:00 PM
Niśītha 24:5612:56 AM+1–25:441:44 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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:211:21 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:451:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 09 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:009:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:441:44 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśīpast sunriseCaturdaśī
NakṣatraMaghāpast sunrisePūrva Phalgunī
YogaDhṛti23:3511:35 PMŚūla
KaraṇaKaulava18:456:45 PMTaitila
VāraŚukravāra31:14 07:147:14 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 862 063
Day length
12 h 09 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
16:574:57 PM
Moonset
30:056:05 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:415:41 AM07:167:16 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:415:41 AM06:296:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:056:05 AM07:167:16 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:167:16 AM09:429:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:478:47 AM10:1810:18 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:429:42 AM12:0812:08 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:429:42 AM10:3010:30 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:211:21 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5612:56 PM13:451:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:5712:57 PM13:451:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:451:45 PM14:332:33 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:332:33 PM16:594:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:223:22 PM16:114:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day16:234:23 PM17:545:54 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:594:59 PM19:257:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:585:58 PM19:467:46 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:257:25 PM21:009:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:257:25 PM19:497:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:257:25 PM20:368:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5612:56 AM+125:441:44 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:484:48 AM+130:376:37 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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