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Tuesday 9 April 2024 · Bucharest, Romania

Caitra Śukla Pratipadā

Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:219:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:016:01 PM.

Observed here on this day

Navarātrārambha (Caitra) · Chaitra Navratri

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

At sunrise

06:426:42 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:397:39 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:171:17 PM

The Sun 53° above S. Day length 13 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest13:171:17 PM
At noon, 13:171:17 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 9° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 9° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:155:15 AM–05:595:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:375:37 AM–06:426:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5112:51 PM–13:441:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:293:29 PM–16:224:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:537:53 PM–20:148:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:537:53 PM–20:588:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:088:08 PM–21:359:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:209:20 AM–10:1310:13 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0010:00 AM–11:3911:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:171:17 PM–14:562:56 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:354:35 PM–18:146:14 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:0111:01 PM–24:2712:27+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta24:1212:12+1 AM–24:5512:55+1 AMan 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

Roga06:426:42 AM–08:218:21 AMavoid
Udvega08:218:21 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Cara10:0010:00 AM–11:3911:39 AMneutral
Lābha11:3911:39 AM–13:171:17 PMgood
Amṛta13:171:17 PM–14:562:56 PMgood
Kāla14:562:56 PM–16:354:35 PMavoid
Śubha16:354:35 PM–18:146:14 PMgood
Roga18:146:14 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:537:53 PM–21:149:14 PMavoid
Lābha21:149:14 PM–22:3510:35 PMgood
Udvega22:3510:35 PM–23:5611:56 PMavoid
Śubha23:5611:56 PM–25:171:17+1 AMgood
Amṛta25:171:17+1 AM–26:372:37+1 AMgood
Cara26:372:37+1 AM–27:583:58+1 AMneutral
Roga27:583:58+1 AM–29:195:19+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:195:19+1 AM–30:406:40+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:426:42 AM to 30:406:40+1 AM

06:426:42 AM sunrise19:537:53 PM sunsetsunrise 30:406:40+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 18:016:01 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 26:372:37+1 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 11:4811:48 AM
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 07:397:39 AM
Bavauntil 18:016:01 PM
Bālavauntil 28:294:29+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:5112:51 PM–13:441:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:354:35 PM–18:146:14 PM
Pradoṣa 19:537:53 PM–21:199:19 PM
Niśītha 24:5312:53+1 AM–25:411:41+1 AM

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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  3. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:441:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:146:14 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 11 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 21:199:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:411:41+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā18:016:01 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraAśvinī26:37 02:372:37 AM WedBharaṇī
YogaVaidhṛti11:4811:48 AMViṣkambha
KaraṇaKiṃstughna07:397:39 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:40 06:406:40 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 871 944
Day length
13 h 11 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
06:576:57 AM
Moonset
21:029:02 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:155:15 AM06:426:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:155:15 AM05:595:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:375:37 AM06:426:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:426:42 AM09:209:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:209:20 AM11:5811:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:209:20 AM10:1310:13 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:3911:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5112:51 PM13:441:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:5312:53 PM13:411:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:171:17 PM14:562:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:372:37 PM17:155:15 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:293:29 PM16:224:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:354:35 PM18:146:14 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:155:15 PM19:537:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:537:53 PM21:199:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:537:53 PM20:148:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:537:53 PM20:588:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:088:08 PM21:359:35 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:0111:01 PM24:2712:27+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:1212:12+1 AM24:5512:55+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:5312:53+1 AM25:411:41+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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