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April 1976 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 21 April 1976 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:113:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:293:29 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:345:34 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:375:37 AM

Siddha gives way to Sādhya.

Noon

12:1712:17 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1712:17 PM
At noon, 12:1712:17 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 268° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 268° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:094:09 AM–04:524:52 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:314:31 AM–05:345:34 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:4912:49 PM–14:282:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:322:32 PM–15:253:25 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:007:00 PM–19:217:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:007:00 PM–20:048:04 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:157:15 AM–08:568:56 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3610:36 AM–12:1712:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5011:50 AM–12:4412:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1712:17 PM–13:581:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:3811:38 PM–25:201:20 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

Lābha05:345:34 AM–07:157:15 AMgood
Amṛta07:157:15 AM–08:568:56 AMgood
Kāla08:568:56 AM–10:3610:36 AMavoid
Śubha10:3610:36 AM–12:1712:17 PMgood
Roga12:1712:17 PM–13:581:58 PMavoid
Udvega13:581:58 PM–15:393:39 PMavoid
Cara15:393:39 PM–17:205:20 PMneutral
Lābha17:205:20 PM–19:007:00 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:007:00 PM–20:198:19 PMavoid
Śubha20:198:19 PM–21:389:38 PMgood
Amṛta21:389:38 PM–22:5710:57 PMgood
Cara22:5710:57 PM–24:1712:17 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1712:17 AM+1–25:361:36 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:361:36 AM+1–26:552:55 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:552:55 AM+1–28:144:14 AM+1good
Udvega28:144:14 AM+1–29:335:33 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:345:34 AM to 29:335:33 AM+1

05:345:34 AM sunrise19:007:00 PM sunsetsunrise 29:335:33 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:293:29 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 19:247:24 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 05:375:37 AM
Sādhyauntil 28:514:51 AM+1
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:143:14 PM
Kaulavauntil 27:293:29 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1712:17 PM–13:581:58 PM
Pradoṣa 19:007:00 PM–20:258:25 PM
Niśītha 23:5311:53 PM–24:4112:41 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:581:58 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 26 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:258:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4112:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī27:29 03:293:29 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā19:247:24 PMŚravaṇa
YogaSiddha05:375:37 AMSādhya
KaraṇaBālava15:143:14 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:33 05:335:33 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2033
Śaka
1898
Kali
5077
Ahargaṇa
1 854 424
Day length
13 h 26 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
25:371:37 AM+1
Moonset
11:2911:29 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:094:09 AM05:345:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:094:09 AM04:524:52 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:314:31 AM05:345:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:345:34 AM08:158:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:157:15 AM08:568:56 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:158:15 AM10:5710:57 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3610:36 AM12:1712:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5011:50 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5311:53 AM12:4112:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1712:17 PM13:581:58 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:4912:49 PM14:282:28 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:194:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:322:32 PM15:253:25 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:194:19 PM19:007:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:007:00 PM20:258:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:007:00 PM19:217:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:007:00 PM20:048:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:3811:38 PM25:201:20 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5311:53 PM24:4112:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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