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April 1999 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Kṛṣṇa to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 17 April 1999 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Vaiśākha Śukla Dvitīyā

Śanivāra. Dvitīyā began at 03:423:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:5911:59 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:105:10 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:501:50 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:3411:34 AM

The Sun 75° above S. Day length 12 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3411:34 AM
At noon, 11:3411:34 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 17° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 2% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 17° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:413:41 AM–04:264:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:034:03 AM–05:105:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:196:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:216:21 PM–19:457:45 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika05:105:10 AM–06:466:46 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta05:105:10 AM–06:026:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta06:026:02 AM–06:536:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla08:228:22 AM–09:589:58 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:559:55 AM–11:1911:19 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla05:105:10 AM–06:466:46 AMavoid
Śubha06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AMgood
Roga08:228:22 AM–09:589:58 AMavoid
Udvega09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMavoid
Cara11:3411:34 AM–13:101:10 PMneutral
Lābha13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMgood
Amṛta14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMgood
Kāla16:214:21 PM–17:575:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:575:57 PM–19:217:21 PMgood
Udvega19:217:21 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Śubha20:458:45 PM–22:0910:09 PMgood
Amṛta22:0910:09 PM–23:3311:33 PMgood
Cara23:3311:33 PM–24:5712:57+1 AMneutral
Roga24:5712:57+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:212:21+1 AM–27:453:45+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:453:45+1 AM–29:105:10+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:105:10 AM to 29:105:10+1 AM

05:105:10 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 29:105:10+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 23:5911:59 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 22:3410:34 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 17:225:22 PM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:501:50 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:5911:59 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:228:22 AM–09:589:58 AM
Abhijit 11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:277:27 PM
Niśītha 23:0911:09 PM–23:5711:57 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:589:58 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 47 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:277:27 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:5711:57 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā23:5911:59 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraBharaṇī22:3410:34 PMKṛttikā
YogaPrīti17:225:22 PMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBālava13:501:50 PMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra29:10 05:105:10 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 862 820
Day length
12 h 47 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
06:156:15 AM
Moonset
19:247:24 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:413:41 AM05:105:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:413:41 AM04:264:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:034:03 AM05:105:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:105:10 AM07:447:44 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:105:10 AM06:466:46 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:105:10 AM06:026:02 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:026:02 AM06:536:53 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:447:44 AM10:1710:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:228:22 AM09:589:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:559:55 AM11:1911:19 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0811:08 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1011:10 AM11:5811:58 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:101:10 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:277:27 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:196:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:216:21 PM19:457:45 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:0911:09 PM23:5711:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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