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Monday 22 April 2024 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī

Somavāra. Caturdaśī began at 03:423:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:565:56 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Viṣṇudamanaka Caturdaśī

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

At sunrise

04:414:41 AM

Caturdaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:146:14 AM

Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.

Noon

11:3811:38 AM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3811:38 AM
At noon, 11:3811:38 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 160° ahead of it, in Hasta, 97% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 160° falls in Śukla Caturdaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:203:20 AM–04:004:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:403:40 AM–04:414:41 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1111:11 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:542:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:473:47 PM–17:345:34 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:376:37 PM–18:576:57 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:376:37 PM–19:377:37 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya05:025:02 AM–06:506:50 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla06:256:25 AM–08:108:10 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:549:54 AM–11:3911:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–13:031:03 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:231:23 PM–15:083:08 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:542:54 PM–15:503:50 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

Amṛta04:414:41 AM–06:256:25 AMgood
Kāla06:256:25 AM–08:108:10 AMavoid
Śubha08:108:10 AM–09:549:54 AMgood
Roga09:549:54 AM–11:3911:39 AMavoid
Udvega11:3911:39 AM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Cara13:231:23 PM–15:083:08 PMneutral
Lābha15:083:08 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Amṛta16:534:53 PM–18:376:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:376:37 PM–19:527:52 PMneutral
Roga19:527:52 PM–21:089:08 PMavoid
Kāla21:089:08 PM–22:2310:23 PMavoid
Lābha22:2310:23 PM–23:3811:38 PMgood
Udvega23:3811:38 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5312:53 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1good
Amṛta26:092:09 AM+1–27:243:24 AM+1good
Cara27:243:24 AM+1–28:394:39 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:414:41 AM to 28:394:39 AM+1

04:414:41 AM sunrise18:376:37 PM sunsetsunrise 28:394:39 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Caturdaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 22:3010:30 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 06:146:14 AM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 16:514:51 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:256:25 AM–08:108:10 AM
Abhijit 11:1111:11 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:376:37 PM–19:577:57 PM
Niśītha 23:1411:14 PM–24:0212:02 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. SunriseCaturdaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:108:10 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 56 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:577:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0212:02 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Caturdaśīpast sunrisePūrṇimā
NakṣatraHasta22:3010:30 PMCitrā
YogaVyāghāta06:146:14 AMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaGara16:514:51 PMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra28:39 04:394:39 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 871 957
Day length
13 h 56 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
16:584:58 PM
Moonset
28:114:11 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:203:20 AM04:414:41 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:203:20 AM04:004:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:403:40 AM04:414:41 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:414:41 AM07:287:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:025:02 AM06:506:50 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:256:25 AM08:108:10 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:287:28 AM10:1510:15 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:549:54 AM11:3911:39 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1111:11 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1511:15 AM12:0312:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0712:07 PM13:031:03 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:031:03 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:231:23 PM15:083:08 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:581:58 PM14:542:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:542:54 PM15:503:50 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:473:47 PM17:345:34 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:376:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:376:37 PM19:577:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:376:37 PM18:576:57 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:376:37 PM19:377:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1411:14 PM24:0212:02 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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