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April 1956 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Kṛṣṇa to Caitra KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 23 April 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Trayodaśī

Somavāra. Trayodaśī began at 11:3111:31 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:2810:28 AM.

Observed here on this day

Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī

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

At sunrise

04:404:40 AM

Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:097:09 AM

Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.

Noon

11:3811:38 AM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3811:38 AM
At noon, 11:3811:38 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 157° ahead of it, in Hasta, 96% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 157° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:193:19 AM–04:004:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:403:40 AM–04:404:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1111:11 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:542:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:176:17 PM–19:527:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:386:38 PM–18:586:58 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:386:38 PM–19:387:38 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:256:25 AM–08:098:09 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:448:44 AM–10:1910:19 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:549:54 AM–11:3911:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–13:031:03 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:241:24 PM–15:083:08 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:542:54 PM–15:503:50 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

Amṛta04:404:40 AM–06:256:25 AMgood
Kāla06:256:25 AM–08:098:09 AMavoid
Śubha08:098:09 AM–09:549:54 AMgood
Roga09:549:54 AM–11:3911:39 AMavoid
Udvega11:3911:39 AM–13:241:24 PMavoid
Cara13:241:24 PM–15:083:08 PMneutral
Lābha15:083:08 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Amṛta16:534:53 PM–18:386:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:386:38 PM–19:537:53 PMneutral
Roga19:537:53 PM–21:089:08 PMavoid
Kāla21:089:08 PM–22:2310:23 PMavoid
Lābha22:2310:23 PM–23:3811:38 PMgood
Udvega23:3811:38 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5312:53 AM+1–26:082:08 AM+1good
Amṛta26:082:08 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1good
Cara27:233:23 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:404:40 AM to 28:384:38 AM+1

04:404:40 AM sunrise18:386:38 PM sunsetsunrise 28:384:38 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Trayodaśīuntil 10:2810:28 AM
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 24:1512:15 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 07:097:09 AM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 10:2810:28 AM
Garauntil 22:0510:05 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:256:25 AM–08:098:09 AM
Abhijit 11:1111:11 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:386:38 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 23:1411:14 PM–24:0212:02 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. SunriseTrayodaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:098:09 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  4. CaturdaśīTithi: Trayodaśī ends.
  5. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 58 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0212:02 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Trayodaśī10:2810:28 AMCaturdaśī
NakṣatraHasta24:15 00:1512:15 AM TueCitrā
YogaVyāghāta07:097:09 AMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaTaitila10:2810:28 AMGara
VāraSomavāra28:38 04:384:38 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 121
Day length
13 h 58 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
16:544:54 PM
Moonset
27:453:45 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:193:19 AM04:404:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:193:19 AM04:004:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:403:40 AM04:404:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:404:40 AM07:277:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:256:25 AM08:098:09 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:277:27 AM10:1510:15 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:448:44 AM10:1910:19 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:549:54 AM11:3911:39 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1111:11 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1511:15 AM12:0312:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0712:07 PM13:031:03 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:241:24 PM15:083:08 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:542:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:542:54 PM15:503:50 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:386:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:176:17 PM19:527:52 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:386:38 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:386:38 PM18:586:58 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:386:38 PM19:387:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1411:14 PM24:0212:02 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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