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April 1998 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 27 April 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 19:417:41 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:034:03 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:334:33 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:505:50 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:3811:38 AM

The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3811:38 AM
At noon, 11:3811:38 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 9° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 9° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:153:15 AM–03:543:54 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:343:34 AM–04:334:33 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1011:10 AM–12:0612:06 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:002:00 PM–14:562:56 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:242:24 PM–15:493:49 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:436:43 PM–19:037:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:436:43 PM–19:427:42 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya05:565:56 AM–07:217:21 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla06:206:20 AM–08:068:06 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:529:52 AM–11:3811:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0612:06 PM–13:031:03 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:241:24 PM–15:113:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:562:56 PM–15:533:53 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

Amṛta04:334:33 AM–06:206:20 AMgood
Kāla06:206:20 AM–08:068:06 AMavoid
Śubha08:068:06 AM–09:529:52 AMgood
Roga09:529:52 AM–11:3811:38 AMavoid
Udvega11:3811:38 AM–13:241:24 PMavoid
Cara13:241:24 PM–15:113:11 PMneutral
Lābha15:113:11 PM–16:574:57 PMgood
Amṛta16:574:57 PM–18:436:43 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:436:43 PM–19:577:57 PMneutral
Roga19:577:57 PM–21:109:10 PMavoid
Kāla21:109:10 PM–22:2410:24 PMavoid
Lābha22:2410:24 PM–23:3711:37 PMgood
Udvega23:3711:37 PM–24:5112:51 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5112:51 AM+1–26:052:05 AM+1good
Amṛta26:052:05 AM+1–27:183:18 AM+1good
Cara27:183:18 AM+1–28:324:32 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:334:33 AM to 28:324:32 AM+1

04:334:33 AM sunrise18:436:43 PM sunsetsunrise 28:324:32 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 16:034:03 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 18:396:39 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 18:566:56 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 05:505:50 AM
Bavauntil 16:034:03 PM
Bālavauntil 26:192:19 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:206:20 AM–08:068:06 AM
Abhijit 11:1011:10 AM–12:0612:06 PM
Pradoṣa 18:436:43 PM–20:018:01 PM
Niśītha 23:1311:13 PM–24:0112:01 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 08:068:06 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0612:06 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 14 h 09 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:018:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0112:01 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā16:034:03 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraBharaṇī18:396:39 PMKṛttikā
YogaĀyuṣmān18:566:56 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaKiṃstughna05:505:50 AMBava
VāraSomavāra28:32 04:324:32 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 465
Day length
14 h 09 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
05:215:21 AM
Moonset
19:347:34 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:153:15 AM04:334:33 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:153:15 AM03:543:54 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:343:34 AM04:334:33 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:334:33 AM07:237:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:565:56 AM07:217:21 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:206:20 AM08:068:06 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:237:23 AM10:1310:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:529:52 AM11:3811:38 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1011:10 AM12:0612:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1411:14 AM12:0212:02 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0612:06 PM13:031:03 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:533:53 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:241:24 PM15:113:11 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:002:00 PM14:562:56 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:242:24 PM15:493:49 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:562:56 PM15:533:53 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:533:53 PM18:436:43 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:436:43 PM20:018:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:436:43 PM19:037:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:436:43 PM19:427:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1311:13 PM24:0112:01 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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