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Wednesday 5 April 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Caitra Śukla Pratipadā

Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 14:122:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:2312:23 PM.

Observed here on this day

Navarātrārambha (Caitra) · Chaitra Navratri

Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:495:49 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2312:23 PM

Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 90° above S. Day length 12 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 12° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 1% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 12° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:154:15 AM–05:025:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:384:38 AM–05:495:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:462:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:016:01 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:016:01 PM–19:127:12 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:528:52 PM–22:2310:23 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:217:21 AM–08:528:52 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2410:24 AM–11:5511:55 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3111:31 AM–12:2012:20 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5511:55 AM–13:271:27 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:5311:53 PM–25:241:24+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

Lābha05:495:49 AM–07:217:21 AMgood
Amṛta07:217:21 AM–08:528:52 AMgood
Kāla08:528:52 AM–10:2410:24 AMavoid
Śubha10:2410:24 AM–11:5511:55 AMgood
Roga11:5511:55 AM–13:271:27 PMavoid
Udvega13:271:27 PM–14:582:58 PMavoid
Cara14:582:58 PM–16:304:30 PMneutral
Lābha16:304:30 PM–18:016:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:016:01 PM–19:307:30 PMavoid
Śubha19:307:30 PM–20:588:58 PMgood
Amṛta20:588:58 PM–22:2710:27 PMgood
Cara22:2710:27 PM–23:5511:55 PMneutral
Roga23:5511:55 PM–25:231:23+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:231:23+1 AM–26:522:52+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:522:52+1 AM–28:204:20+1 AMgood
Udvega28:204:20+1 AM–29:495:49+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

05:495:49 AM sunrise18:016:01 PM sunsetsunrise 29:495:49+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 12:2312:23 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 27:403:40+1 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 17:435:43 PM
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:2312:23 PM
Bālavauntil 23:2111:21 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5511:55 AM–13:271:27 PM
Pradoṣa 18:016:01 PM–19:367:36 PM
Niśītha 23:3111:31 PM–24:1912:19+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:271:27 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 12 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:367:36 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1912:19+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā12:2312:23 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraAśvinī27:40 03:403:40 AM ThuBharaṇī
YogaVaidhṛti17:435:43 PMViṣkambha
KaraṇaBava12:2312:23 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:49 05:495:49 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 174
Day length
12 h 12 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
06:356:35 AM
Moonset
19:037:03 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:154:15 AM05:495:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:154:15 AM05:025:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:384:38 AM05:495:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:495:49 AM08:168:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:217:21 AM08:528:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:168:16 AM10:4210:42 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2410:24 AM11:5511:55 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:2012:20 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5511:55 AM13:271:27 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:081:08 PM15:353:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:462:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM18:016:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:016:01 PM19:367:36 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:016:01 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:016:01 PM19:127:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:528:52 PM22:2310:23 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3111:31 PM24:1912:19+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:5311:53 PM25:241:24+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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