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Tuesday 17 April 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Saptamī

Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 22:4410:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:328:32 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:504:50 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:386:38 AM

Ārdrā gives way to Punarvasu.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 39 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 79° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 41% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 79° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:283:28 AM–04:094:09 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:483:48 AM–04:504:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1311:13 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:512:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:306:30 PM–18:506:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:306:30 PM–19:327:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:572:57 AM+1–28:274:27 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta07:347:34 AM–08:298:29 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:158:15 AM–09:589:58 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–13:221:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:053:05 PM–16:474:47 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:555:55 PM–19:257:25 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:3710:37 PM–23:1911:19 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

Roga04:504:50 AM–06:336:33 AMavoid
Udvega06:336:33 AM–08:158:15 AMavoid
Cara08:158:15 AM–09:589:58 AMneutral
Lābha09:589:58 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Amṛta11:4011:40 AM–13:221:22 PMgood
Kāla13:221:22 PM–15:053:05 PMavoid
Śubha15:053:05 PM–16:474:47 PMgood
Roga16:474:47 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:306:30 PM–19:477:47 PMavoid
Lābha19:477:47 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Udvega21:049:04 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–23:3911:39 PMgood
Amṛta23:3911:39 PM–24:5712:57 AM+1good
Cara24:5712:57 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1neutral
Roga26:142:14 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:313:31 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:504:50 AM to 28:494:49 AM+1

04:504:50 AM sunrise18:306:30 PM sunsetsunrise 28:494:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 20:328:32 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 06:386:38 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 21:589:58 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 09:389:38 AM
Vaṇijauntil 20:328:32 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1311:13 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:053:05 PM–16:474:47 PM
Pradoṣa 18:306:30 PM–19:527:52 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03 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. SunriseSaptamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:474:47 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 39 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:527:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  9. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  10. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī20:328:32 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā06:386:38 AMPunarvasu
YogaSukarmā21:589:58 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaGara09:389:38 AMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra28:49 04:494:49 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 115
Day length
13 h 39 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
09:389:38 AM
Moonset
24:5412:54 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:283:28 AM04:504:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:283:28 AM04:094:09 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:483:48 AM04:504:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:504:50 AM07:347:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:347:34 AM10:1810:18 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:347:34 AM08:298:29 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:158:15 AM09:589:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1311:13 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM15:463:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:053:05 PM16:474:47 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:463:46 PM18:306:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:555:55 PM19:257:25 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:306:30 PM19:527:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:306:30 PM18:506:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:306:30 PM19:327:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3710:37 PM23:1911:19 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:572:57 AM+128:274:27 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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