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Monday 14 April 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 08:228:22 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:5610:56 AM.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:515:51 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:5610:56 AM

Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.

Noon

12:2712:27 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:2712:27 PM
At noon, 12:2712:27 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 193° ahead of it, in Svātī, 99% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 193° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:254:25 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:464:46 AM–05:515:51 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0112:01 PM–12:5412:54 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:402:40 PM–15:323:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:494:49 PM–18:376:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:047:04 PM–19:257:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:047:04 PM–20:088:08 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:006:00 AM–07:487:48 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla07:307:30 AM–09:099:09 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4810:48 AM–12:2712:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5412:54 PM–13:471:47 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:072:07 PM–15:463:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:323:32 PM–16:254:25 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

Amṛta05:515:51 AM–07:307:30 AMgood
Kāla07:307:30 AM–09:099:09 AMavoid
Śubha09:099:09 AM–10:4810:48 AMgood
Roga10:4810:48 AM–12:2712:27 PMavoid
Udvega12:2712:27 PM–14:072:07 PMavoid
Cara14:072:07 PM–15:463:46 PMneutral
Lābha15:463:46 PM–17:255:25 PMgood
Amṛta17:255:25 PM–19:047:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:047:04 PM–20:258:25 PMneutral
Roga20:258:25 PM–21:459:45 PMavoid
Kāla21:459:45 PM–23:0611:06 PMavoid
Lābha23:0611:06 PM–24:2712:27+1 AMgood
Udvega24:2712:27+1 AM–25:471:47+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:471:47+1 AM–27:083:08+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:083:08+1 AM–28:294:29+1 AMgood
Cara28:294:29+1 AM–29:495:49+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:515:51 AM to 29:495:49+1 AM

05:515:51 AM sunrise19:047:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:495:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 10:5610:56 AM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 26:442:44+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 25:081:08+1 AM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 10:5610:56 AM
Taitilauntil 24:1112:11+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:307:30 AM–09:099:09 AM
Abhijit 12:0112:01 PM–12:5412:54 PM
Pradoṣa 19:047:04 PM–20:308:30 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03+1 AM–24:5112:51+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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:099:09 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5412:54 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 13 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:308:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  10. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  11. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā10:5610:56 AMDvitīyā
NakṣatraSvātī26:44 02:442:44 AM TueViśākhā
YogaVajra25:08 01:081:08 AM TueSiddhi
KaraṇaKaulava10:5610:56 AMTaitila
VāraSomavāra29:49 05:495:49 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2082
Śaka
1947
Kali
5126
Ahargaṇa
1 872 314
Day length
13 h 13 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
20:338:33 PM
Moonset
06:036:03 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:254:25 AM05:515:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:254:25 AM05:085:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:464:46 AM05:515:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:515:51 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:006:00 AM07:487:48 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:307:30 AM09:099:09 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM11:0811:08 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4810:48 AM12:2712:27 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0112:01 PM12:5412:54 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0312:03 PM12:5112:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5412:54 PM13:471:47 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM16:254:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:072:07 PM15:463:46 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:402:40 PM15:323:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:323:32 PM16:254:25 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:254:25 PM19:047:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:494:49 PM18:376:37 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:047:04 PM20:308:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:047:04 PM19:257:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:047:04 PM20:088:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03+1 AM24:5112:51+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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