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Friday 17 May 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 19:127:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:467:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:044:04 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:267:26 AM

Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.

Noon

11:3611:36 AM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3611:36 AM
At noon, 11:3611:36 AM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 356° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 356° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta02:532:53 AM–03:283:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:113:11 AM–04:044:04 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0711:07 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:082:08 PM–15:083:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:097:09 PM–19:277:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:097:09 PM–20:038:03 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika05:575:57 AM–07:507:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:057:05 AM–08:068:06 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:449:44 AM–11:3711:37 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–13:071:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:233:23 PM–17:165:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:238:23 PM–22:0510:05 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

Cara04:044:04 AM–05:575:57 AMneutral
Lābha05:575:57 AM–07:507:50 AMgood
Amṛta07:507:50 AM–09:449:44 AMgood
Kāla09:449:44 AM–11:3711:37 AMavoid
Śubha11:3711:37 AM–13:301:30 PMgood
Roga13:301:30 PM–15:233:23 PMavoid
Udvega15:233:23 PM–17:165:16 PMavoid
Cara17:165:16 PM–19:097:09 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga19:097:09 PM–20:168:16 PMavoid
Kāla20:168:16 PM–21:239:23 PMavoid
Lābha21:239:23 PM–22:2910:29 PMgood
Udvega22:2910:29 PM–23:3611:36 PMavoid
Śubha23:3611:36 PM–24:4312:43+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:4312:43+1 AM–25:501:50+1 AMgood
Cara25:501:50+1 AM–26:562:56+1 AMneutral
Roga26:562:56+1 AM–28:034:03+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:044:04 AM to 28:034:03+1 AM

04:044:04 AM sunrise19:097:09 PM sunsetsunrise 28:034:03+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 19:467:46 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 07:407:40 AM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 20:498:49 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 07:267:26 AM
Nāgauntil 19:467:46 PM
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:449:44 AM–11:3711:37 AM
Abhijit 11:0711:07 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 19:097:09 PM–20:208:20 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00+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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  3. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:3711:37 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 15 h 05 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:208:20 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  9. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā19:467:46 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraBharaṇī07:407:40 AMKṛttikā
YogaŚobhana20:498:49 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda07:267:26 AMNāga
VāraŚukravāra28:03 04:034:03 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Jyeṣṭha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 755
Day length
15 h 05 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
04:064:06 AM
Moonset
18:466:46 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn02:532:53 AM04:044:04 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn02:532:53 AM03:283:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:113:11 AM04:044:04 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:044:04 AM07:057:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:575:57 AM07:507:50 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:057:05 AM10:0610:06 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:057:05 AM08:068:06 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:449:44 AM11:3711:37 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0711:07 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0712:07 PM13:071:07 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM16:084:08 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:082:08 PM15:083:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:233:23 PM17:165:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:084:08 PM19:097:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:097:09 PM20:208:20 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:097:09 PM19:277:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:097:09 PM20:038:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:238:23 PM22:0510:05 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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