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April 1979 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 16 April 1979 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Caturthī

Somavāra. Caturthī began at 21:029:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:078:07 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:425:42 AM

Caturthī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:378:37 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:1812:18 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 13 h 13 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1812:18 PM
At noon, 12:1812:18 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 224° ahead of it, in Anurādhā, 86% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 224° falls in Kṛṣṇa Caturthī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:164:16 AM–04:594:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:374:37 AM–05:425:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5211:52 AM–12:4512:45 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:312:31 PM–15:233:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:556:55 PM–19:167:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:556:55 PM–19:597:59 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:304:30 AM+1–30:046:04 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:217:21 AM–09:009:00 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3910:39 AM–12:1812:18 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4512:45 PM–13:381:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:581:58 PM–15:373:37 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:233:23 PM–16:164:16 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya19:057:05 PM–20:398:39 PMa 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

Amṛta05:425:42 AM–07:217:21 AMgood
Kāla07:217:21 AM–09:009:00 AMavoid
Śubha09:009:00 AM–10:3910:39 AMgood
Roga10:3910:39 AM–12:1812:18 PMavoid
Udvega12:1812:18 PM–13:581:58 PMavoid
Cara13:581:58 PM–15:373:37 PMneutral
Lābha15:373:37 PM–17:165:16 PMgood
Amṛta17:165:16 PM–18:556:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:556:55 PM–20:168:16 PMneutral
Roga20:168:16 PM–21:369:36 PMavoid
Kāla21:369:36 PM–22:5710:57 PMavoid
Lābha22:5710:57 PM–24:1812:18 AM+1good
Udvega24:1812:18 AM+1–25:381:38 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:381:38 AM+1–26:592:59 AM+1good
Amṛta26:592:59 AM+1–28:204:20 AM+1good
Cara28:204:20 AM+1–29:415:41 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:425:42 AM to 29:415:41 AM+1

05:425:42 AM sunrise18:556:55 PM sunsetsunrise 29:415:41 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Caturthīuntil 20:078:07 PM
Pañcamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Anurādhāuntil 13:361:36 PM
Jyeṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 10:0910:09 AM
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:378:37 AM
Bālavauntil 20:078:07 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:217:21 AM–09:009:00 AM
Abhijit 11:5211:52 AM–12:4512:45 PM
Pradoṣa 18:556:55 PM–20:218:21 PM
Niśītha 23:5411:54 PM–24:4212:42 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. SunriseCaturthī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:009:00 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:4512:45 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. JyeṣṭhāNakṣatra: Anurādhā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 13 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:218:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. PañcamīTithi: Caturthī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:4212:42 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Caturthī20:078:07 PMPañcamī
NakṣatraAnurādhā13:361:36 PMJyeṣṭhā
YogaVyatīpāta10:0910:09 AMVarīyān
KaraṇaBava08:378:37 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:41 05:415:41 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2036
Śaka
1901
Kali
5080
Ahargaṇa
1 855 514
Day length
13 h 13 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
22:4210:42 PM
Moonset
08:118:11 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:164:16 AM05:425:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:164:16 AM04:594:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:374:37 AM05:425:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:425:42 AM08:218:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:217:21 AM09:009:00 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:218:21 AM10:5910:59 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3910:39 AM12:1812:18 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5211:52 AM12:4512:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5411:54 AM12:4212:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4512:45 PM13:381:38 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:164:16 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:581:58 PM15:373:37 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:312:31 PM15:233:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:233:23 PM16:164:16 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:164:16 PM18:556:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:556:55 PM20:218:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:556:55 PM19:167:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:556:55 PM19:597:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:057:05 PM20:398:39 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5411:54 PM24:4212:42 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:304:30 AM+130:046:04 AM+1sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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