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Tuesday 8 April 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Dvitīyā

Maṅgalavāra. Dvitīyā began at 08:398:39 AM yesterday, and holds until 05:145:14 AM.

Observed here on this day

Gaurī Tṛtīyā · Gangaur

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

AlsoSaubhāgya Śayana Vrata determinate

At sunrise

05:075:07 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:145:14 AM

Dvitīyā gives way to Tṛtīyā.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 51° above S. Day length 13 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 28° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 6% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 28° falls in Śukla Tṛtīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:403:40 AM–04:234:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:024:02 AM–05:075:07 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1611:16 AM–12:0912:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:472:47 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:072:07 PM–15:333:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:186:18 PM–18:406:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:186:18 PM–19:237:23 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya05:355:35 AM–07:007:00 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:457:45 AM–08:388:38 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:248:24 AM–10:0310:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4211:42 AM–13:211:21 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:003:00 PM–16:394:39 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3710:37 PM–23:2011:20 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

Roga05:075:07 AM–06:456:45 AMavoid
Udvega06:456:45 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Cara08:248:24 AM–10:0310:03 AMneutral
Lābha10:0310:03 AM–11:4211:42 AMgood
Amṛta11:4211:42 AM–13:211:21 PMgood
Kāla13:211:21 PM–15:003:00 PMavoid
Śubha15:003:00 PM–16:394:39 PMgood
Roga16:394:39 PM–18:186:18 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:186:18 PM–19:397:39 PMavoid
Lābha19:397:39 PM–21:009:00 PMgood
Udvega21:009:00 PM–22:2110:21 PMavoid
Śubha22:2110:21 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Amṛta23:4111:41 PM–25:021:02+1 AMgood
Cara25:021:02+1 AM–26:232:23+1 AMneutral
Roga26:232:23+1 AM–27:443:44+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:443:44+1 AM–29:055:05+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:075:07 AM to 29:055:05+1 AM

05:075:07 AM sunrise18:186:18 PM sunsetsunrise 29:055:05+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 05:145:14 AM
Tṛtīyāuntil 25:491:49+1 AM
Caturthīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 18:246:24 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 05:535:53 AM
Prītiuntil 25:571:57+1 AM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 05:145:14 AM
Taitilauntil 15:313:31 PM
Garauntil 25:491:49+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1611:16 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:003:00 PM–16:394:39 PM
Pradoṣa 18:186:18 PM–19:447:44 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  3. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  4. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:394:39 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 12 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:447:44 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. CaturthīTithi: Tṛtīyā ends.
  13. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  14. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  15. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā05:145:14 AMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraBharaṇī18:246:24 PMKṛttikā
YogaViṣkambha05:535:53 AMPrīti
KaraṇaKaulava05:145:14 AMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:05 05:055:05 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2065
Śaka
1930
Kali
5109
Ahargaṇa
1 866 099
Day length
13 h 12 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
05:395:39 AM
Moonset
21:319:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:403:40 AM05:075:07 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:403:40 AM04:234:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:024:02 AM05:075:07 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:075:07 AM07:457:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:355:35 AM07:007:00 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:457:45 AM10:2310:23 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:457:45 AM08:388:38 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:248:24 AM10:0310:03 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1611:16 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4211:42 AM13:211:21 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:472:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:072:07 PM15:333:33 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:003:00 PM16:394:39 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM18:186:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:186:18 PM19:447:44 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:186:18 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:186:18 PM19:237:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3710:37 PM23:2011:20 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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