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April 1959 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Kṛṣṇa to Caitra KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Monday 13 April 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Caitra Śukla Pañcamī

Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 08:288:28 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:4710:47 AM.

Observed here on this day

Vaiśākhī

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

At sunrise

05:215:21 AM

Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4710:47 AM

Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.

Noon

11:5611:56 AM

The Sun 58° above S. Day length 13 h 11 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens11:5611:56 AM
At noon, 11:5611:56 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 61° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 25% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 61° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:543:54 AM–04:384:38 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:164:16 AM–05:215:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3011:30 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:082:08 PM–15:013:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:562:56 PM–16:424:42 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:326:32 PM–18:536:53 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:326:32 PM–19:367:36 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:007:00 AM–08:398:39 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1810:18 AM–11:5611:56 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2312:23 PM–13:151:15 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:351:35 PM–15:143:14 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:013:01 PM–15:543:54 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

Amṛta05:215:21 AM–07:007:00 AMgood
Kāla07:007:00 AM–08:398:39 AMavoid
Śubha08:398:39 AM–10:1810:18 AMgood
Roga10:1810:18 AM–11:5611:56 AMavoid
Udvega11:5611:56 AM–13:351:35 PMavoid
Cara13:351:35 PM–15:143:14 PMneutral
Lābha15:143:14 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Amṛta16:534:53 PM–18:326:32 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:326:32 PM–19:537:53 PMneutral
Roga19:537:53 PM–21:149:14 PMavoid
Kāla21:149:14 PM–22:3510:35 PMavoid
Lābha22:3510:35 PM–23:5611:56 PMgood
Udvega23:5611:56 PM–25:171:17+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:171:17+1 AM–26:382:38+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:382:38+1 AM–27:593:59+1 AMgood
Cara27:593:59+1 AM–29:205:20+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:215:21 AM to 29:205:20+1 AM

05:215:21 AM sunrise18:326:32 PM sunsetsunrise 29:205:20+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pañcamīuntil 10:4710:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 24:4212:42+1 AM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 24:1512:15+1 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:4710:47 AM
Kaulavauntil 23:4911:49 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:007:00 AM–08:398:39 AM
Abhijit 11:3011:30 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Pradoṣa 18:326:32 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20+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. SunrisePañcamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:398:39 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ṢaṣṭhīTithi: Pañcamī ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 11 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pañcamī10:4710:47 AMṢaṣṭhī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā24:42 00:4212:42 AM TueĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana24:15 00:1512:15 AM TueAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava10:4710:47 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra29:20 05:205:20 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 206
Day length
13 h 11 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
08:548:54 AM
Moonset
23:3011:30 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:543:54 AM05:215:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:543:54 AM04:384:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:164:16 AM05:215:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:215:21 AM07:597:59 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:007:00 AM08:398:39 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:597:59 AM10:3710:37 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1810:18 AM11:5611:56 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3011:30 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3211:32 AM12:2012:20 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:151:15 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:151:15 PM15:543:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:351:35 PM15:143:14 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:082:08 PM15:013:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:562:56 PM16:424:42 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:013:01 PM15:543:54 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:543:54 PM18:326:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:326:32 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:326:32 PM18:536:53 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:326:32 PM19:367:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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