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April 1963 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 1 April 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4011:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0011:00 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

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

At sunrise

06:056:05 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:1511:15 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:195:19 AM
  • Amṛta kāla06:076:07 AM–07:427:42 AM
  • Abhijit11:5811:58 AM–12:4812:48 PM
  • Vijaya14:292:29 PM–15:193:19 PM
  • Godhūli18:406:40 PM–19:037:03 PM

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:397:39 AM–09:149:14 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4810:48 AM–12:2312:23 PM
  • Durmuhūrta12:4812:48 PM–13:381:38 PM
  • Gulika13:571:57 PM–15:323:32 PM
  • Durmuhūrta15:193:19 PM–16:094:09 PM
  • Varjya28:174:17 AM+1–29:555:55 AM+1

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

Amṛta06:056:05 AM–07:397:39 AMgood
Kāla07:397:39 AM–09:149:14 AMavoid
Śubha09:149:14 AM–10:4810:48 AMgood
Roga10:4810:48 AM–12:2312:23 PMavoid
Udvega12:2312:23 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Cara13:571:57 PM–15:323:32 PMneutral
Lābha15:323:32 PM–17:065:06 PMgood
Amṛta17:065:06 PM–18:406:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:406:40 PM–20:068:06 PMneutral
Roga20:068:06 PM–21:319:31 PMavoid
Kāla21:319:31 PM–22:5710:57 PMavoid
Lābha22:5710:57 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1good
Udvega24:2212:22 AM+1–25:471:47 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:471:47 AM+1–27:133:13 AM+1good
Amṛta27:133:13 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1good
Cara28:384:38 AM+1–30:036:03 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:056:05 AM to 30:036:03 AM+1

06:056:05 AM sunrise18:406:40 PM sunsetsunrise 30:036:03 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:0011:00 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 16:024:02 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 14:342:34 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:1511:15 AM
Bavauntil 23:0011:00 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:397:39 AM–09:149:14 AM
Abhijit 11:5811:58 AM–12:4812:48 PM
Pradoṣa 18:406:40 PM–20:118:11 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:149:14 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4812:48 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  6. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 35 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:118:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:0011:00 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā16:024:02 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana14:342:34 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:1511:15 AMBava
VāraSomavāra30:03 06:036:03 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2020
Śaka
1885
Kali
5064
Ahargaṇa
1 849 655
Day length
12 h 35 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
11:1711:17 AM
Moonset
26:132:13 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:344:34 AM06:056:05 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM05:195:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā04:564:56 AM06:056:05 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:056:05 AM08:368:36 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla06:076:07 AM07:427:42 AMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kāla07:397:39 AM09:149:14 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgava08:368:36 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa10:4810:48 AM12:2312:23 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijit11:5811:58 AM12:4812:48 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta12:4812:48 PM13:381:38 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:381:38 PM16:094:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika13:571:57 PM15:323:32 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya14:292:29 PM15:193:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta15:193:19 PM16:094:09 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna16:094:09 PM18:406:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:406:40 PM20:118:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:406:40 PM19:037:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:406:40 PM19:497:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya28:174:17 AM+129:555:55 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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