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Wednesday 8 April 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Caitra Śukla Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 05:295:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:497:49 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Navarātrārambha (Caitra) · Chaitra Navratri

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

At sunrise

05:465:46 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:005:00 PM

Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.

Noon

12:1812:18 PM

The Sun 53° above S. Day length 13 h 04 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1812:18 PM
At noon, 12:1812:18 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 3° ahead of it, in Revatī, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 3° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:184:18 AM–05:025:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:404:40 AM–05:465:46 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla14:192:19 PM–16:064:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:292:29 PM–15:213:21 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:506:50 PM–19:127:12 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:506:50 PM–19:567:56 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:247:24 AM–09:029:02 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4010:40 AM–12:1812:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5211:52 AM–12:4412:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1812:18 PM–13:561:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha05:465:46 AM–07:247:24 AMgood
Amṛta07:247:24 AM–09:029:02 AMgood
Kāla09:029:02 AM–10:4010:40 AMavoid
Śubha10:4010:40 AM–12:1812:18 PMgood
Roga12:1812:18 PM–13:561:56 PMavoid
Udvega13:561:56 PM–15:343:34 PMavoid
Cara15:343:34 PM–17:125:12 PMneutral
Lābha17:125:12 PM–18:506:50 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:506:50 PM–20:128:12 PMavoid
Śubha20:128:12 PM–21:349:34 PMgood
Amṛta21:349:34 PM–22:5510:55 PMgood
Cara22:5510:55 PM–24:1712:17 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1712:17 AM+1–25:391:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:391:39 AM+1–27:013:01 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:013:01 AM+1–28:224:22 AM+1good
Udvega28:224:22 AM+1–29:445:44 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:465:46 AM to 29:445:44 AM+1

05:465:46 AM sunrise18:506:50 PM sunsetsunrise 29:445:44 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 17:005:00 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 26:472:47 AM+1
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 18:376:37 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1812:18 PM–13:561:56 PM
Pradoṣa 18:506:50 PM–20:178:17 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:561:56 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 04 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:178:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:4112:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadāpast sunriseDvitīyā
NakṣatraRevatī17:005:00 PMAśvinī
YogaVaidhṛti26:47 02:472:47 AM ThuViṣkambha
KaraṇaKiṃstughna18:376:37 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra29:44 05:445:44 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 201
Day length
13 h 04 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
05:555:55 AM
Moonset
19:147:14 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:184:18 AM05:465:46 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:184:18 AM05:025:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:404:40 AM05:465:46 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:465:46 AM08:238:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:247:24 AM09:029:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:238:23 AM11:0011:00 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4010:40 AM12:1812:18 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5211:52 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5411:54 AM12:4212:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1812:18 PM13:561:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM16:134:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:192:19 PM16:064:06 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:292:29 PM15:213:21 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:134:13 PM18:506:50 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:506:50 PM20:178:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:506:50 PM19:127:12 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:506:50 PM19:567:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5311:53 PM24:4112:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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