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April 1959 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Kṛṣṇa to Caitra KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 13 April 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 21:289:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4711:47 PM.

Observed here on this day

Lakṣmī Pañcamī

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

At sunrise

05:545:54 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4010:40 AM

Bava gives way to Bālava.

Noon

12:2812:28 PM

The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2812:28 PM
At noon, 12:2812:28 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 55° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 21% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 55° falls in Śukla Pañcamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:274:27 AM–05:115:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:494:49 AM–05:545:54 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:277:27 AM–09:159:15 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:0212:02 PM–12:5412:54 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:323:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:027:02 PM–19:247:24 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:027:02 PM–20:078:07 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:563:56 AM+1–29:425:42 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:337:33 AM–09:119:11 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4910:49 AM–12:2812:28 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5412:54 PM–13:471:47 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:062:06 PM–15:453:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:323:32 PM–16:244:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:165:16 PM–19:027:02 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

Amṛta05:545:54 AM–07:337:33 AMgood
Kāla07:337:33 AM–09:119:11 AMavoid
Śubha09:119:11 AM–10:4910:49 AMgood
Roga10:4910:49 AM–12:2812:28 PMavoid
Udvega12:2812:28 PM–14:062:06 PMavoid
Cara14:062:06 PM–15:453:45 PMneutral
Lābha15:453:45 PM–17:235:23 PMgood
Amṛta17:235:23 PM–19:027:02 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:027:02 PM–20:238:23 PMneutral
Roga20:238:23 PM–21:459:45 PMavoid
Kāla21:459:45 PM–23:0611:06 PMavoid
Lābha23:0611:06 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1good
Udvega24:2712:27 AM+1–25:491:49 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:491:49 AM+1–27:103:10 AM+1good
Amṛta27:103:10 AM+1–28:314:31 AM+1good
Cara28:314:31 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:545:54 AM to 29:535:53 AM+1

05:545:54 AM sunrise19:027:02 PM sunsetsunrise 29:535:53 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 23:4711:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇīuntil 11:0311:03 AM
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 12:3612:36 PM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:4010:40 AM
Bālavauntil 23:4711:47 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:337:33 AM–09:119:11 AM
Abhijit 12:0212:02 PM–12:5412:54 PM
Pradoṣa 19:027:02 PM–20:298:29 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03 AM+1–24:5112:51 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. SunrisePañcamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:119:11 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. MṛgaśirāNakṣatra: Rohiṇī ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5412:54 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 08 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:298:29 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī23:4711:47 PMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraRohiṇī11:0311:03 AMMṛgaśirā
YogaSaubhāgya12:3612:36 PMŚobhana
KaraṇaBava10:4010:40 AMBālava
VāraSomavāra29:53 05:535:53 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 206
Day length
13 h 08 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
09:039:03 AM
Moonset
23:3511:35 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:274:27 AM05:545:54 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:274:27 AM05:115:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:494:49 AM05:545:54 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:545:54 AM08:328:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:277:27 AM09:159:15 AMsixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:337:33 AM09:119:11 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:328:32 AM11:0911:09 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4910:49 AM12:2812:28 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0212:02 PM12:5412:54 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5412:54 PM13:471:47 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM16:244:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:062:06 PM15:453:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:323:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:323:32 PM16:244:24 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:244:24 PM19:027:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:165:16 PM19:027:02 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:027:02 PM20:298:29 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:027:02 PM19:247:24 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:027:02 PM20:078:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03 AM+124:5112:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:563:56 AM+129:425:42 AM+1sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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