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August 1957 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseŚrāvaṇa Śukla to Bhādrapada ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 26 August 1957 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Bhādrapada Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 19:337:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:383:38 PM.

Observed here on this day

Rudra Vrata

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

At sunrise

04:514:51 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:355:35 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 40 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 10° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 10° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:293:29 AM–04:104:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:503:50 AM–04:514:51 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1411:14 AM–12:0912:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:096:09 PM–19:327:32 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:316:31 PM–18:526:52 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:316:31 PM–19:347:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:469:46 AM–11:0911:09 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:599:59 AM–11:4111:41 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0912:09 PM–13:031:03 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:241:24 PM–15:063:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:532:53 PM–15:473:47 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

Amṛta04:514:51 AM–06:346:34 AMgood
Kāla06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AMavoid
Śubha08:168:16 AM–09:599:59 AMgood
Roga09:599:59 AM–11:4111:41 AMavoid
Udvega11:4111:41 AM–13:241:24 PMavoid
Cara13:241:24 PM–15:063:06 PMneutral
Lābha15:063:06 PM–16:494:49 PMgood
Amṛta16:494:49 PM–18:316:31 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:316:31 PM–19:497:49 PMneutral
Roga19:497:49 PM–21:079:07 PMavoid
Kāla21:079:07 PM–22:2410:24 PMavoid
Lābha22:2410:24 PM–23:4211:42 PMgood
Udvega23:4211:42 PM–25:001:00 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:001:00 AM+1–26:172:17 AM+1good
Amṛta26:172:17 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Cara27:353:35 AM+1–28:534:53 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:514:51 AM to 28:534:53 AM+1

04:514:51 AM sunrise18:316:31 PM sunsetsunrise 28:534:53 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 15:383:38 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 23:4411:44 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 09:099:09 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 05:355:35 AM
Bavauntil 15:383:38 PM
Bālavauntil 25:441:44 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AM
Abhijit 11:1411:14 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Pradoṣa 18:316:31 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 23:1811:18 PM–24:0612:06 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. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:168:16 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 40 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0612:06 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā15:383:38 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī23:4411:44 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaŚiva09:099:09 AMSiddha
KaraṇaKiṃstughna05:355:35 AMBava
VāraSomavāra28:53 04:534:53 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2014
Śaka
1879
Kali
5058
Ahargaṇa
1 847 611
Day length
13 h 40 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
05:435:43 AM
Moonset
18:306:30 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:293:29 AM04:514:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:293:29 AM04:104:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:503:50 AM04:514:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:514:51 AM07:357:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:346:34 AM08:168:16 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:357:35 AM10:1910:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:469:46 AM11:0911:09 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:599:59 AM11:4111:41 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1411:14 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0912:09 PM13:031:03 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:473:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:241:24 PM15:063:06 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:532:53 PM15:473:47 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:473:47 PM18:316:31 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:096:09 PM19:327:32 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:316:31 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:316:31 PM18:526:52 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:316:31 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1811:18 PM24:0612:06 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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