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Wednesday 1 May 1957 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Dvitīyā

Budhavāra. Dvitīyā began at 19:517:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:207:20 PM.

Observed here on this day

Paraśurāma Jayantī

Tṛtīyā covers 80 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:397:39 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 21° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 3% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 21° falls in Śukla Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:145:14 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:544:54 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla13:151:15 PM–14:522:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya15:123:12 PM–16:084:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:517:51 PM–20:118:11 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:517:51 PM–20:518:51 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:397:39 AM–09:249:24 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:0811:08 AM–12:5312:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2512:25 PM–13:211:21 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PMRāhu’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

Lābha05:555:55 AM–07:397:39 AMgood
Amṛta07:397:39 AM–09:249:24 AMgood
Kāla09:249:24 AM–11:0811:08 AMavoid
Śubha11:0811:08 AM–12:5312:53 PMgood
Roga12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PMavoid
Udvega14:372:37 PM–16:224:22 PMavoid
Cara16:224:22 PM–18:066:06 PMneutral
Lābha18:066:06 PM–19:517:51 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:517:51 PM–21:069:06 PMavoid
Śubha21:069:06 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Amṛta22:2110:21 PM–23:3711:37 PMgood
Cara23:3711:37 PM–24:5212:52 AM+1neutral
Roga24:5212:52 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:072:07 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:233:23 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1good
Udvega28:384:38 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:535:53 AM+1

05:555:55 AM sunrise19:517:51 PM sunsetsunrise 29:535:53 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 19:207:20 PM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 15:413:41 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 08:008:00 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:397:39 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:207:20 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PM
Pradoṣa 19:517:51 PM–21:119:11 PM
Niśītha 24:2812:28 AM+1–25:161:16 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. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:372:37 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  6. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 56 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 21:119:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:161:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Dvitīyā19:207:20 PMTṛtīyā
NakṣatraKṛttikā15:413:41 PMRohiṇī
YogaSaubhāgya08:008:00 AMŚobhana
KaraṇaBālava07:397:39 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:53 05:535:53 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2014
Śaka
1879
Kali
5058
Ahargaṇa
1 847 494
Day length
13 h 56 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
06:586:58 AM
Moonset
21:479:47 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:145:14 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:544:54 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:428:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:397:39 AM09:249:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:428:42 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0811:08 AM12:5312:53 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2512:25 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2912:29 PM13:171:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:5312:53 PM14:372:37 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:151:15 PM14:522:52 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:162:16 PM17:045:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:123:12 PM16:084:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:045:04 PM19:517:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:517:51 PM21:119:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:517:51 PM20:118:11 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:517:51 PM20:518:51 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2812:28 AM+125:161:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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