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Friday 8 April 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Pratipadā

Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 19:247:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:363:36 PM.

Observed here on this day

Navarātrārambha (Caitra) · Chaitra Navratri

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

At sunrise

05:065:06 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:305:30 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

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 10° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 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 muhūrta03:403:40 AM–04:234:23 AM
  • Abhijit11:1611:16 AM–12:0912:09 PM
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:472:47 PM
  • Godhūli18:186:18 PM–18:406:40 PM
  • Amṛta kāla19:347:34 PM–20:588:58 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika06:456:45 AM–08:248:24 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:457:45 AM–08:388:38 AM
  • Rāhu kāla10:0310:03 AM–11:4211:42 AM
  • Durmuhūrta12:0912:09 PM–13:011:01 PM
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:003:00 PM–16:394:39 PM
  • Varjya22:2210:22 PM–23:4611:46 PM

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

Cara05:065:06 AM–06:456:45 AMneutral
Lābha06:456:45 AM–08:248:24 AMgood
Amṛta08:248:24 AM–10:0310:03 AMgood
Kāla10:0310:03 AM–11:4211:42 AMavoid
Śubha11:4211:42 AM–13:211:21 PMgood
Roga13:211:21 PM–15:003:00 PMavoid
Udvega15:003:00 PM–16:394:39 PMavoid
Cara16:394:39 PM–18:186:18 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:186:18 PM–19:397:39 PMavoid
Kāla19:397:39 PM–21:009:00 PMavoid
Lābha21:009:00 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Udvega22:2110:21 PM–23:4111:41 PMavoid
Śubha23:4111:41 PM–25:021:02 AM+1good
Amṛta25:021:02 AM+1–26:232:23 AM+1good
Cara26:232:23 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1neutral
Roga27:443:44 AM+1–29:055:05 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:065:06 AM to 29:055:05 AM+1

05:065:06 AM sunrise18:186:18 PM sunsetsunrise 29:055:05 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 15:363:36 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 25:531:53 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 13:101:10 PM
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 05:305:30 AM
Bavauntil 15:363:36 PM
Bālavauntil 25:431:43 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0310:03 AM–11:4211:42 AM
Abhijit 11:1611:16 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Pradoṣa 18:186:18 PM–19:447:44 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:4211:42 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  6. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 12 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:447:44 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  13. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā15:363:36 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraAśvinī25:53 01:531:53 AM SatBharaṇī
YogaVaidhṛti13:101:10 PMViṣkambha
KaraṇaKiṃstughna05:305:30 AMBava
VāraŚukravāra29:05 05:055:05 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 021
Day length
13 h 12 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
05:435:43 AM
Moonset
19:177:17 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya03:403:40 AM05:065:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta03:403:40 AM04:234:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā04:014:01 AM05:065:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla05:065:06 AM07:457:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika06:456:45 AM08:248:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgava07:457:45 AM10:2310:23 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta07:457:45 AM08:388:38 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla10:0310:03 AM11:4211:42 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijit11:1611:16 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrta12:0912:09 PM13:011:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:011:01 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya13:541:54 PM14:472:47 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa15:003:00 PM16:394:39 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhna15:403:40 PM18:186:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:186:18 PM19:447:44 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:186:18 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:186:18 PM19:237:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla19:347:34 PM20:588:58 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjya22:2210:22 PM23:4611:46 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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