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March 2001 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 26 March 2001 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Caitra Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 07:217:21 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:168:16 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:426:42 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:168:16 AM

Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.

Noon

12:4612:46 PM

The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:4612:46 PM
At noon, 12:4612:46 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 14° ahead of it, in Revatī, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 14° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:075:07 AM–05:555:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:315:31 AM–06:426:42 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2212:22 PM–13:111:11 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:363:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:485:48 PM–19:307:30 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:516:51 PM–19:147:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:516:51 PM–20:028:02 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:417:41 AM–09:229:22 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:138:13 AM–09:449:44 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1511:15 AM–12:4612:46 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:111:11 PM–13:591:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:172:17 PM–15:483:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:363:36 PM–16:254:25 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

Amṛta06:426:42 AM–08:138:13 AMgood
Kāla08:138:13 AM–09:449:44 AMavoid
Śubha09:449:44 AM–11:1511:15 AMgood
Roga11:1511:15 AM–12:4612:46 PMavoid
Udvega12:4612:46 PM–14:172:17 PMavoid
Cara14:172:17 PM–15:483:48 PMneutral
Lābha15:483:48 PM–17:195:19 PMgood
Amṛta17:195:19 PM–18:516:51 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:516:51 PM–20:198:19 PMneutral
Roga20:198:19 PM–21:489:48 PMavoid
Kāla21:489:48 PM–23:1711:17 PMavoid
Lābha23:1711:17 PM–24:4612:46 AM+1good
Udvega24:4612:46 AM+1–26:152:15 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:152:15 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1good
Amṛta27:443:44 AM+1–29:135:13 AM+1good
Cara29:135:13 AM+1–30:426:42 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:426:42 AM sunrise18:516:51 PM sunsetsunrise 30:426:42 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 08:168:16 AM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 28:164:16 AM+1
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:168:16 AM
Bālavauntil 20:358:35 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:138:13 AM–09:449:44 AM
Abhijit 12:2212:22 PM–13:111:11 PM
Pradoṣa 18:516:51 PM–20:258:25 PM
Niśītha 24:2212:22 AM+1–25:101:10 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:449:44 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:111:11 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 08 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:258:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:101:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā08:168:16 AMDvitīyā
NakṣatraRevatī20:208:20 PMAśvinī
YogaIndra28:16 04:164:16 AM TueVaidhṛti
KaraṇaBava08:168:16 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:42 06:426:42 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 529
Day length
12 h 08 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
07:387:38 AM
Moonset
20:008:00 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:075:07 AM06:426:42 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:075:07 AM05:555:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:315:31 AM06:426:42 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:426:42 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:417:41 AM09:229:22 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:138:13 AM09:449:44 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM11:3411:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1511:15 AM12:4612:46 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2212:22 PM13:111:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2212:22 PM13:101:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:111:11 PM13:591:59 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:591:59 PM16:254:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:172:17 PM15:483:48 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:363:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:363:36 PM16:254:25 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:254:25 PM18:516:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:485:48 PM19:307:30 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:516:51 PM20:258:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:516:51 PM19:147:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:516:51 PM20:028:02 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2212:22 AM+125:101:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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