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Tuesday 18 April 2017 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 03:063:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:075:07 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:385:38 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:583:58 PM

Śiva gives way to Siddha.

Noon

12:1712:17 PM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 13 h 19 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1712:17 PM
At noon, 12:1712:17 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 256° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 62% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 256° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:134:13 AM–04:554:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:344:34 AM–05:385:38 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5111:51 AM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:312:31 PM–15:243:24 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:586:58 PM–19:197:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:586:58 PM–20:018:01 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:217:21 PM–21:079:07 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:188:18 AM–09:119:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya08:428:42 AM–10:2810:28 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:588:58 AM–10:3810:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1812:18 PM–13:581:58 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:383:38 PM–17:185:18 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1311:13 PM–23:5611:56 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

Roga05:385:38 AM–07:187:18 AMavoid
Udvega07:187:18 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Cara08:588:58 AM–10:3810:38 AMneutral
Lābha10:3810:38 AM–12:1812:18 PMgood
Amṛta12:1812:18 PM–13:581:58 PMgood
Kāla13:581:58 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Śubha15:383:38 PM–17:185:18 PMgood
Roga17:185:18 PM–18:586:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:586:58 PM–20:178:17 PMavoid
Lābha20:178:17 PM–21:379:37 PMgood
Udvega21:379:37 PM–22:5710:57 PMavoid
Śubha22:5710:57 PM–24:1712:17 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1712:17 AM+1–25:371:37 AM+1good
Cara25:371:37 AM+1–26:572:57 AM+1neutral
Roga26:572:57 AM+1–28:174:17 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:174:17 AM+1–29:375:37 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:385:38 AM to 29:375:37 AM+1

05:385:38 AM sunrise18:586:58 PM sunsetsunrise 29:375:37 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 29:075:07 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāuntil 24:4112:41 AM+1
Uttarāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 15:583:58 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 16:104:10 PM
Bavauntil 29:075:07 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5111:51 AM–12:4412:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:383:38 PM–17:185:18 PM
Pradoṣa 18:586:58 PM–20:238:23 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:185:18 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 19 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:238:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4112:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. UttarāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Pūrvāṣāḍhā ends.
  10. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī29:07 05:075:07 AM WedAṣṭamī
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhā24:41 00:4112:41 AM WedUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaŚiva15:583:58 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi16:104:10 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:37 05:375:37 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 396
Day length
13 h 19 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
25:041:04 AM+1
Moonset
10:2310:23 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:134:13 AM05:385:38 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:134:13 AM04:554:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:344:34 AM05:385:38 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:385:38 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:5810:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:188:18 AM09:119:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:428:42 AM10:2810:28 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:3810:38 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5111:51 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5411:54 AM12:4212:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1812:18 PM13:581:58 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:184:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:312:31 PM15:243:24 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:383:38 PM17:185:18 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:184:18 PM18:586:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:586:58 PM20:238:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:586:58 PM19:197:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:586:58 PM20:018:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:217:21 PM21:079:07 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1311:13 PM23:5611:56 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5311:53 PM24:4112:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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