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Saturday 20 April 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Navamī

Śanivāra. Navamī began at 01:071:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4112:41 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:035:03 AM

Navamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:137:13 AM

Sādhya gives way to Śubha.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 281° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 40% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 281° falls in Kṛṣṇa Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:393:39 AM–04:214:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:004:00 AM–05:035:03 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:419:41 AM–11:1811:18 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–15:003:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:376:37 PM–18:586:58 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:376:37 PM–19:397:39 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika05:035:03 AM–06:446:44 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta05:035:03 AM–05:575:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta05:575:57 AM–06:516:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla08:268:26 AM–10:0810:08 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:321:32 PM–15:133:13 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:1612:16 AM+1–25:551:55 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

Kāla05:035:03 AM–06:446:44 AMavoid
Śubha06:446:44 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Roga08:268:26 AM–10:0810:08 AMavoid
Udvega10:0810:08 AM–11:5011:50 AMavoid
Cara11:5011:50 AM–13:321:32 PMneutral
Lābha13:321:32 PM–15:133:13 PMgood
Amṛta15:133:13 PM–16:554:55 PMgood
Kāla16:554:55 PM–18:376:37 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:376:37 PM–19:557:55 PMgood
Udvega19:557:55 PM–21:139:13 PMavoid
Śubha21:139:13 PM–22:3110:31 PMgood
Amṛta22:3110:31 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:071:07 AM+1neutral
Roga25:071:07 AM+1–26:252:25 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:252:25 AM+1–27:433:43 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:433:43 AM+1–29:015:01 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:035:03 AM to 29:015:01 AM+1

05:035:03 AM sunrise18:376:37 PM sunsetsunrise 29:015:01 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Navamīuntil 24:4112:41 AM+1
Daśamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇauntil 20:088:08 PM
Dhaniṣṭhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 07:137:13 AM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 12:4912:49 PM
Garauntil 24:4112:41 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:268:26 AM–10:0810:08 AM
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Pradoṣa 18:376:37 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. SunriseNavamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0810:08 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 34 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DhaniṣṭhāNakṣatra: Śravaṇa ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. DaśamīTithi: Navamī ends.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Navamī24:41 00:4112:41 AM SunDaśamī
NakṣatraŚravaṇa20:088:08 PMDhaniṣṭhā
YogaSādhya07:137:13 AMŚubha
KaraṇaTaitila12:4912:49 PMGara
VāraŚanivāra29:01 05:015:01 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2025
Śaka
1890
Kali
5069
Ahargaṇa
1 851 501
Day length
13 h 34 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
26:442:44 AM+1
Moonset
11:3211:32 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:393:39 AM05:035:03 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:393:39 AM04:214:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:004:00 AM05:035:03 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:035:03 AM07:457:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:035:03 AM06:446:44 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:035:03 AM05:575:57 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:575:57 AM06:516:51 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:457:45 AM10:2810:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:268:26 AM10:0810:08 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:419:41 AM11:1811:18 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:543:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:133:13 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM15:003:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:543:54 PM18:376:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:376:37 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:376:37 PM18:586:58 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:376:37 PM19:397:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:1612:16 AM+125:551:55 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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