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April 2001 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Sunday 1 April 2001 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:395:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:543:54+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

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

At sunrise

06:396:39 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:494:49 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:4512:45 PM

The Sun 88° above S. Day length 12 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:4512:45 PM
At noon, 12:4512:45 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–05:525:52 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:285:28 AM–06:396:39 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:4810:48 AM–12:2112:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2012:20 PM–13:091:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:462:46 PM–15:353:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:506:50 PM–19:147:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:506:50 PM–20:018:01 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:4512:45 PM–14:162:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:473:47 PM–17:195:19 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta17:125:12 PM–18:016:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla17:195:19 PM–18:506:50 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

Udvega06:396:39 AM–08:118:11 AMavoid
Cara08:118:11 AM–09:429:42 AMneutral
Lābha09:429:42 AM–11:1311:13 AMgood
Amṛta11:1311:13 AM–12:4512:45 PMgood
Kāla12:4512:45 PM–14:162:16 PMavoid
Śubha14:162:16 PM–15:473:47 PMgood
Roga15:473:47 PM–17:195:19 PMavoid
Udvega17:195:19 PM–18:506:50 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:506:50 PM–20:188:18 PMgood
Amṛta20:188:18 PM–21:479:47 PMgood
Cara21:479:47 PM–23:1611:16 PMneutral
Roga23:1611:16 PM–24:4412:44+1 AMavoid
Kāla24:4412:44+1 AM–26:132:13+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:132:13+1 AM–27:423:42+1 AMgood
Udvega27:423:42+1 AM–29:105:10+1 AMavoid
Śubha29:105:10+1 AM–30:396:39+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:396:39 AM to 30:396:39+1 AM

06:396:39 AM sunrise18:506:50 PM sunsetsunrise 30:396:39+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:543:54+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 20:268:26 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 18:126:12 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 16:494:49 PM
Bavauntil 27:543:54+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2012:20 PM–13:091:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:195:19 PM–18:506:50 PM
Pradoṣa 18:506:50 PM–20:248:24 PM
Niśītha 24:2012:20+1 AM–25:081:08+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. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:091:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:506:50 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  5. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 11 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:248:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:081:08+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī27:54 03:543:54 AM MonNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā20:268:26 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana18:126:12 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi16:494:49 PMBava
VāraRavivāra30:39 06:396:39 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 535
Day length
12 h 11 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
12:3212:32 PM
Moonset
25:221:22+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:396:39 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM05:525:52 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:285:28 AM06:396:39 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:396:39 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:4810:48 AM12:2112:21 PMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2012:20 PM13:091:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2112:21 PM13:091:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:4512:45 PM14:162:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:581:58 PM16:244:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:462:46 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:473:47 PM17:195:19 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:244:24 PM18:506:50 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta17:125:12 PM18:016:01 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:195:19 PM18:506:50 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:506:50 PM20:248:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:506:50 PM19:147:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:506:50 PM20:018:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2012:20+1 AM25:081:08+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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