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April 1979 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 14 April 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 21:409:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:349:34 PM.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:574:57 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:419:41 AM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 53° above S. Day length 13 h 28 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 199° ahead of it, in Svātī, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 199° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:333:33 AM–04:154:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:543:54 AM–04:574:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1411:14 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:561:56 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:256:25 PM–18:466:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:256:25 PM–19:287:28 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:494:49+1 AM–30:266:26+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika04:574:57 AM–06:386:38 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta04:574:57 AM–05:515:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta05:515:51 AM–06:456:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla08:198:19 AM–10:0010:00 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:221:22 PM–15:033:03 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya19:067:06 PM–20:438:43 PMa 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

Kāla04:574:57 AM–06:386:38 AMavoid
Śubha06:386:38 AM–08:198:19 AMgood
Roga08:198:19 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Udvega10:0010:00 AM–11:4111:41 AMavoid
Cara11:4111:41 AM–13:221:22 PMneutral
Lābha13:221:22 PM–15:033:03 PMgood
Amṛta15:033:03 PM–16:444:44 PMgood
Kāla16:444:44 PM–18:256:25 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:256:25 PM–19:447:44 PMgood
Udvega19:447:44 PM–21:029:02 PMavoid
Śubha21:029:02 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Amṛta22:2110:21 PM–23:4011:40 PMgood
Cara23:4011:40 PM–24:5912:59+1 AMneutral
Roga24:5912:59+1 AM–26:182:18+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:182:18+1 AM–27:363:36+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:363:36+1 AM–28:554:55+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:574:57 AM to 28:554:55+1 AM

04:574:57 AM sunrise18:256:25 PM sunsetsunrise 28:554:55+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 21:349:34 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 13:261:26 PM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 13:141:14 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 09:419:41 AM
Garauntil 21:349:34 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:198:19 AM–10:0010:00 AM
Abhijit 11:1411:14 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Pradoṣa 18:256:25 PM–19:497:49 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04+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. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:0010:00 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  6. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 28 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:497:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā21:349:34 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraSvātī13:261:26 PMViśākhā
YogaVajra13:141:14 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaTaitila09:419:41 AMGara
VāraŚanivāra28:55 04:554:55 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2036
Śaka
1901
Kali
5080
Ahargaṇa
1 855 512
Day length
13 h 28 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
20:148:14 PM
Moonset
05:595:59 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:333:33 AM04:574:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:333:33 AM04:154:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:543:54 AM04:574:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:574:57 AM07:397:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day04:574:57 AM06:386:38 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta04:574:57 AM05:515:51 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:515:51 AM06:456:45 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:397:39 AM10:2010:20 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:198:19 AM10:0010:00 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1411:14 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM15:433:43 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:221:22 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:561:56 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:433:43 PM18:256:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:256:25 PM19:497:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:256:25 PM18:466:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:256:25 PM19:287:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:067:06 PM20:438:43 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:494:49+1 AM30:266:26+1 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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