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April 1998 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 15 April 1998 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Budhavāra. Caturthī began at 04:544:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:266:26+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Saṅkaṣṭa Caturthī

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

At sunrise

05:545:54 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:435:43 PM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 86° above N. Day length 12 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonAccra12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 219° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 89% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 219° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:075:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:434:43 AM–05:545:54 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:0712:07 PM–13:521:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:086:08 PM–18:316:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:086:08 PM–19:187:18 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:267:26 AM–08:578:57 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2910:29 AM–12:0112:01 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3611:36 AM–12:2512:25 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0112:01 PM–13:331:33 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:305:30+1 AM–31:147:14+1 AMa 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

Lābha05:545:54 AM–07:267:26 AMgood
Amṛta07:267:26 AM–08:578:57 AMgood
Kāla08:578:57 AM–10:2910:29 AMavoid
Śubha10:2910:29 AM–12:0112:01 PMgood
Roga12:0112:01 PM–13:331:33 PMavoid
Udvega13:331:33 PM–15:043:04 PMavoid
Cara15:043:04 PM–16:364:36 PMneutral
Lābha16:364:36 PM–18:086:08 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:086:08 PM–19:367:36 PMavoid
Śubha19:367:36 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Amṛta21:049:04 PM–22:3310:33 PMgood
Cara22:3310:33 PM–24:0112:01+1 AMneutral
Roga24:0112:01+1 AM–25:291:29+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:291:29+1 AM–26:572:57+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:572:57+1 AM–28:254:25+1 AMgood
Udvega28:254:25+1 AM–29:545:54+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:545:54 AM to 29:545:54+1 AM

05:545:54 AM sunrise18:086:08 PM sunsetsunrise 29:545:54+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Anurādhāuntil 23:2911:29 PM
Jyeṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 19:577:57 PM
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:435:43 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0112:01 PM–13:331:33 PM
Pradoṣa 18:086:08 PM–19:427:42 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25+1 AM

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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:331:33 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 12 h 14 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:427:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  7. JyeṣṭhāNakṣatra: Anurādhā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthīpast sunrisePañcamī
NakṣatraAnurādhā23:2911:29 PMJyeṣṭhā
YogaVyatīpāta19:577:57 PMVarīyān
KaraṇaBava17:435:43 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:54 05:545:54 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 453
Day length
12 h 14 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
21:089:08 PM
Moonset
08:278:27 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:545:54 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM05:075:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:434:43 AM05:545:54 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:545:54 AM08:218:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:267:26 AM08:578:57 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:218:21 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2910:29 AM12:0112:01 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0112:01 PM13:331:33 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0712:07 PM13:521:52 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:413:41 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:413:41 PM18:086:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:086:08 PM19:427:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:086:08 PM18:316:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:086:08 PM19:187:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:305:30+1 AM31:147:14+1 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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