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Saturday 19 December 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Pauṣa Śukla Pratipadā

Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 06:426:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:008:00 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:208:20 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:247:24 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:101:10 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 39 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:101:10 PM
At noon, 13:101:10 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 3° ahead of it, in Mūla, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 3° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:256:25 AM–07:237:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:546:54 AM–08:208:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5112:51 PM–13:291:29 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:462:46 PM–15:253:25 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:595:59 PM–18:286:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:595:59 PM–19:257:25 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:547:54 PM–21:379:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:208:20 AM–09:339:33 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:208:20 AM–08:598:59 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:598:59 AM–09:389:38 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:339:33 AM–11:1611:16 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla10:4510:45 AM–11:5711:57 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:041:04 AM+1–26:482:48 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

Kāla08:208:20 AM–09:339:33 AMavoid
Śubha09:339:33 AM–10:4510:45 AMgood
Roga10:4510:45 AM–11:5711:57 AMavoid
Udvega11:5711:57 AM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Cara13:101:10 PM–14:222:22 PMneutral
Lābha14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PMgood
Amṛta15:353:35 PM–16:474:47 PMgood
Kāla16:474:47 PM–17:595:59 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:595:59 PM–19:477:47 PMgood
Udvega19:477:47 PM–21:359:35 PMavoid
Śubha21:359:35 PM–23:2211:22 PMgood
Amṛta23:2211:22 PM–25:101:10 AM+1good
Cara25:101:10 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1neutral
Roga26:582:58 AM+1–28:464:46 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:464:46 AM+1–30:336:33 AM+1avoid
Lābha30:336:33 AM+1–32:218:21 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

08:208:20 AM sunrise17:595:59 PM sunsetsunrise 32:218:21 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 32:008:00 AM+1
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 26:482:48 AM+1
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 19:597:59 PM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 19:247:24 PM
Bavauntil 32:008:00 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:4510:45 AM–11:5711:57 AM
Abhijit 12:5112:51 PM–13:291:29 PM
Pradoṣa 17:595:59 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 24:4612:46 AM+1–25:341:34 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:5711:57 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:291:29 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 39 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  7. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:341:34 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  10. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā32:00 08:008:00 AM SunDvitīyā
NakṣatraMūla26:48 02:482:48 AM SunPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaGaṇḍa19:597:59 PMVṛddhi
KaraṇaKiṃstughna19:247:24 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra32:21 08:218:21 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 701
Day length
9 h 39 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
none
Moonset
18:316:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:256:25 AM08:208:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:256:25 AM07:237:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:546:54 AM08:208:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:208:20 AM10:1610:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:208:20 AM09:339:33 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:208:20 AM08:598:59 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:598:59 AM09:389:38 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:339:33 AM11:1611:16 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:1610:16 AM12:1212:12 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:4510:45 AM11:5711:57 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:4612:46 PM13:341:34 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5112:51 PM13:291:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:082:08 PM16:044:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:222:22 PM15:353:35 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:462:46 PM15:253:25 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:044:04 PM17:595:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:595:59 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:595:59 PM18:286:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:595:59 PM19:257:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:547:54 PM21:379:37 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:4612:46 AM+125:341:34 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:041:04 AM+126:482:48 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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