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April 1956 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Kṛṣṇa to Caitra KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 23 April 1956 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Śukla Trayodaśī

Somavāra. Trayodaśī began at 11:3111:31 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:2810:28 AM.

Observed here on this day

Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī

Caturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:315:31 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:097:09 AM

Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.

Noon

12:1712:17 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1712:17 PM
At noon, 12:1712:17 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 157° ahead of it, in Hasta, 96% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 157° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:074:07 AM–04:494:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:284:28 AM–05:315:31 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5011:50 AM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:322:32 PM–15:263:26 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:176:17 PM–19:527:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:027:02 PM–19:237:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:027:02 PM–20:058:05 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:137:13 AM–08:548:54 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:448:44 AM–10:1910:19 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3510:35 AM–12:1712:17 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4412:44 PM–13:381:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:581:58 PM–15:393:39 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:263:26 PM–16:204:20 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Amṛta05:315:31 AM–07:137:13 AMgood
Kāla07:137:13 AM–08:548:54 AMavoid
Śubha08:548:54 AM–10:3510:35 AMgood
Roga10:3510:35 AM–12:1712:17 PMavoid
Udvega12:1712:17 PM–13:581:58 PMavoid
Cara13:581:58 PM–15:393:39 PMneutral
Lābha15:393:39 PM–17:215:21 PMgood
Amṛta17:215:21 PM–19:027:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:027:02 PM–20:218:21 PMneutral
Roga20:218:21 PM–21:399:39 PMavoid
Kāla21:399:39 PM–22:5810:58 PMavoid
Lābha22:5810:58 PM–24:1612:16 AM+1good
Udvega24:1612:16 AM+1–25:351:35 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:351:35 AM+1–26:532:53 AM+1good
Amṛta26:532:53 AM+1–28:124:12 AM+1good
Cara28:124:12 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:315:31 AM to 29:305:30 AM+1

05:315:31 AM sunrise19:027:02 PM sunsetsunrise 29:305:30 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Trayodaśīuntil 10:2810:28 AM
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 24:1512:15 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 07:097:09 AM
Harṣaṇauntil 29:305:30 AM+1
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 10:2810:28 AM
Garauntil 22:0510:05 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:137:13 AM–08:548:54 AM
Abhijit 11:5011:50 AM–12:4412:44 PM
Pradoṣa 19:027:02 PM–20:268:26 PM
Niśītha 23:5211:52 PM–24:4012:40 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:548:54 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. CaturdaśīTithi: Trayodaśī ends.
  5. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 31 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:268:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4012:40 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  12. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśī10:2810:28 AMCaturdaśī
NakṣatraHasta24:15 00:1512:15 AM TueCitrā
YogaVyāghāta07:097:09 AMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaTaitila10:2810:28 AMGara
VāraSomavāra29:30 05:305:30 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 121
Day length
13 h 31 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
17:245:24 PM
Moonset
28:364:36 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:074:07 AM05:315:31 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:074:07 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:284:28 AM05:315:31 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:315:31 AM08:148:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:137:13 AM08:548:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:148:14 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:448:44 AM10:1910:19 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3510:35 AM12:1712:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5011:50 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5311:53 AM12:4112:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4412:44 PM13:381:38 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:204:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:581:58 PM15:393:39 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:322:32 PM15:263:26 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:263:26 PM16:204:20 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:204:20 PM19:027:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:176:17 PM19:527:52 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:027:02 PM20:268:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:027:02 PM19:237:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:027:02 PM20:058:05 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5211:52 PM24:4012:40 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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