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Margashirsha

Shukla Pakṣa, Shashthi

Vikrama 2088

New Delhi

19

December 2031

Shukravara

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Tithi Shashthi Nakṣatra Shatabhisha Yoga Vajra Karaṇa Kaulava Choghaḍiyā © OccultGuide 2026
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Sunrise

7:08 AM

Sunset

5:27 PM

Sunrise

7:08 AM 20 Dec

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Yoga
Karaṇa
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The five aṅgas

Tithi
Shukla Shashthi
until 8:03 PM
then Shukla Saptami
Nakṣatra
Shatabhisha
until 4:15 AM
then Purva Bhadrapada
Yoga
Vajra
until 10:40 PM
then Siddhi
Karaṇa
Kaulava
until 9:12 AM
then Taitila until 8:03 PM
then Gara until 7:03 AM
then Vanija
Vāra
Shukravara
sunrise to sunrise
Moonrise & moonset
10:59 AM
sets 11:05 PM

Choghaḍiyā

  • Daytime from 7:08 AM
  • Cala Neutral 7:08 AM – 8:25 AM
  • Lābha Gain 8:25 AM – 9:43 AM
  • Amṛta Best 9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Kāla Loss 11:00 AM – 12:18 PM
  • Śubha Good 12:18 PM – 1:35 PM
  • Roga Illness 1:35 PM – 2:52 PM
  • Udvega Anxiety 2:52 PM – 4:10 PM
  • Cala Neutral 4:10 PM – 5:27 PM
  • Night from 5:27 PM
  • Roga Illness 5:27 PM – 7:10 PM
  • Kāla Loss 7:10 PM – 8:53 PM
  • Lābha Gain 8:53 PM – 10:35 PM
  • Udvega Anxiety 10:35 PM – 12:18 AM
  • Śubha Good 12:18 AM – 2:00 AM
  • Amṛta Best 2:00 AM – 3:43 AM
  • Cala Neutral 3:43 AM – 5:26 AM
  • Roga Illness 5:26 AM – 7:08 AM

Periods of the day

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta 5:18 AM – 6:13 AM

    The hour before dawn, kept for japa, study and meditation rather than for beginnings.

  • Abhijit muhūrta 11:57 AM – 12:38 PM

    Held to override most inauspicious periods; the usual fallback when no better muhūrta is available.

Inauspicious

  • Gulika kāla 8:25 AM – 9:43 AM

    Held to make what is begun in it repeat, so it is avoided for anything one would not want again.

  • Rāhu kāla 11:00 AM – 12:18 PM

    Avoided for beginnings — travel, purchases, a first recitation. Ongoing practice is not interrupted.

  • Yamagaṇḍa 2:52 PM – 4:10 PM

    Avoided for auspicious undertakings, on the same footing as rāhu kāla.

Cāturmāsya — next runs 18 Jul 2032 to 12 Nov 2032, from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī in Āṣāḍha to Prabodhinī Ekādaśī in Kārtika.

The choghaḍiyā and the periods above are marked customary: they are widely kept practice, and no text this site publishes prescribes them yet. The aṅgas, sunrise and sunset are computed and exact.

Computed with dṛk gaṇita (observation-based) and the Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, from the Swiss Ephemeris. The day's aṅgas are those running at sunrise. How dates are computed.