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August 1956 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseĀṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa to Śrāvaṇa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 6 August 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:1511:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:257:25 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:264:26 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:297:29 AM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 14 h 38 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Āśleṣā and the Moon 355° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 355° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:123:12 AM–03:493:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:303:30 AM–04:264:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:287:28 AM–08:528:52 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:1611:16 AM–12:1512:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:122:12 PM–15:103:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:047:04 PM–19:237:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:047:04 PM–20:018:01 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:166:16 AM–08:068:06 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:569:56 AM–11:4511:45 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1512:15 PM–13:131:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:351:35 PM–15:253:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:103:10 PM–16:094:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya24:1712:17 AM+1–25:421:42 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

Amṛta04:264:26 AM–06:166:16 AMgood
Kāla06:166:16 AM–08:068:06 AMavoid
Śubha08:068:06 AM–09:569:56 AMgood
Roga09:569:56 AM–11:4511:45 AMavoid
Udvega11:4511:45 AM–13:351:35 PMavoid
Cara13:351:35 PM–15:253:25 PMneutral
Lābha15:253:25 PM–17:155:15 PMgood
Amṛta17:155:15 PM–19:047:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:047:04 PM–20:158:15 PMneutral
Roga20:158:15 PM–21:259:25 PMavoid
Kāla21:259:25 PM–22:3610:36 PMavoid
Lābha22:3610:36 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Udvega23:4611:46 PM–24:5612:56 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5612:56 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1good
Amṛta26:072:07 AM+1–27:173:17 AM+1good
Cara27:173:17 AM+1–28:284:28 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:264:26 AM to 28:284:28 AM+1

04:264:26 AM sunrise19:047:04 PM sunsetsunrise 28:284:28 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 19:257:25 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 13:041:04 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 07:297:29 AM
Vyatīpātauntil 27:153:15 AM+1
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 09:209:20 AM
Nāgauntil 19:257:25 PM
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:166:16 AM–08:068:06 AM
Abhijit 11:1611:16 AM–12:1512:15 PM
Pradoṣa 19:047:04 PM–20:208:20 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:068:06 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  4. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:1512:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 38 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:208:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  10. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā19:257:25 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraPuṣya13:041:04 PMĀśleṣā
YogaSiddhi07:297:29 AMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda09:209:20 AMNāga
VāraSomavāra28:28 04:284:28 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āṣāḍha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Śrāvaṇa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 226
Day length
14 h 38 m
Sun in
Karka
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
none
Moonset
18:286:28 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:123:12 AM04:264:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:123:12 AM03:493:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:303:30 AM04:264:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:264:26 AM07:227:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:166:16 AM08:068:06 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:227:22 AM10:1810:18 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:287:28 AM08:528:52 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:569:56 AM11:4511:45 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1611:16 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2111:21 AM12:0912:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1512:15 PM13:131:13 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM16:094:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:351:35 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:122:12 PM15:103:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:103:10 PM16:094:09 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:094:09 PM19:047:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:047:04 PM20:208:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:047:04 PM19:237:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:047:04 PM20:018:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:1712:17 AM+125:421:42 AM+1sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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