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April 1998 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 13 April 1998 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Somavāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:483:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:006:00+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:145:14 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:564:56 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

11:3411:34 AM

The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3411:34 AM
At noon, 11:3411:34 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 196° ahead of it, in Svātī, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 196° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:433:43 AM–04:294:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:064:06 AM–05:145:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla11:5411:54 AM–13:411:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:555:55 PM–18:186:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:555:55 PM–19:037:03 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:496:49 AM–08:248:24 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0010:00 AM–11:3511:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0012:00 PM–12:5112:51 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:322:32 PM–15:233:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:553:55+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMa 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

Amṛta05:145:14 AM–06:496:49 AMgood
Kāla06:496:49 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Śubha08:248:24 AM–10:0010:00 AMgood
Roga10:0010:00 AM–11:3511:35 AMavoid
Udvega11:3511:35 AM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Cara13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMneutral
Lābha14:452:45 PM–16:204:20 PMgood
Amṛta16:204:20 PM–17:555:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:555:55 PM–19:207:20 PMneutral
Roga19:207:20 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Lābha22:0910:09 PM–23:3411:34 PMgood
Udvega23:3411:34 PM–24:5912:59+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:5912:59+1 AM–26:242:24+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:242:24+1 AM–27:483:48+1 AMgood
Cara27:483:48+1 AM–29:135:13+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:145:14 AM to 29:135:13+1 AM

05:145:14 AM sunrise17:555:55 PM sunsetsunrise 29:135:13+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 21:449:44 PM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 22:0510:05 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 16:564:56 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:496:49 AM–08:248:24 AM
Abhijit 11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PM
Pradoṣa 17:555:55 PM–19:267:26 PM
Niśītha 23:1011:10 PM–23:5811:58 PM

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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:248:24 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0012:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 41 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:267:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  8. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:5811:58 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyāpast sunriseTṛtīyā
NakṣatraSvātī21:449:44 PMViśākhā
YogaVajra22:0510:05 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaTaitila16:564:56 PMGara
VāraSomavāra29:13 05:135:13 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 451
Day length
12 h 41 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
19:177:17 PM
Moonset
06:106:10 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:433:43 AM05:145:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:433:43 AM04:294:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:064:06 AM05:145:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:145:14 AM07:467:46 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:496:49 AM08:248:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:467:46 AM10:1910:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:3511:35 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0911:09 AM12:0012:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1111:11 AM11:5911:59 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:5411:54 AM13:411:41 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0012:00 PM12:5112:51 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:101:10 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:322:32 PM15:233:23 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:555:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:555:55 PM19:267:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:555:55 PM18:186:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:555:55 PM19:037:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1011:10 PM23:5811:58 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:553:55+1 AM29:415:41+1 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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