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Monday 20 July 1959 · Queens, New York, United States

Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 23:3311:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:119:11 PM.

Observed here on this day

Aśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)

Dvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:415:41 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:489:48 AM

Viṣkambha gives way to Prīti.

Noon

13:021:02 PM

The Sun 70° above S. Day length 14 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens13:021:02 PM
At noon, 13:021:02 PM, the Sun is in Puṣya and the Moon 187° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 187° falls in Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:264:26 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:454:45 AM–05:415:41 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3212:32 PM–13:311:31 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:283:28 PM–16:274:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:228:22 PM–20:418:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:228:22 PM–21:189:18 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:2811:28 PM–24:5812:58+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:317:31 AM–09:219:21 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1111:11 AM–13:011:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:311:31 PM–14:292:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya14:232:23 PM–15:543:54 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika14:512:51 PM–16:424:42 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:274:27 PM–17:265:26 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

Amṛta05:415:41 AM–07:317:31 AMgood
Kāla07:317:31 AM–09:219:21 AMavoid
Śubha09:219:21 AM–11:1111:11 AMgood
Roga11:1111:11 AM–13:011:01 PMavoid
Udvega13:011:01 PM–14:512:51 PMavoid
Cara14:512:51 PM–16:424:42 PMneutral
Lābha16:424:42 PM–18:326:32 PMgood
Amṛta18:326:32 PM–20:228:22 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara20:228:22 PM–21:329:32 PMneutral
Roga21:329:32 PM–22:4210:42 PMavoid
Kāla22:4210:42 PM–23:5211:52 PMavoid
Lābha23:5211:52 PM–25:021:02+1 AMgood
Udvega25:021:02+1 AM–26:122:12+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:122:12+1 AM–27:223:22+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:223:22+1 AM–28:324:32+1 AMgood
Cara28:324:32+1 AM–29:425:42+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:415:41 AM to 29:425:42+1 AM

05:415:41 AM sunrise20:228:22 PM sunsetsunrise 29:425:42+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 21:119:11 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 10:3610:36 AM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 09:489:48 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:1810:18 AM
Kaulavauntil 21:119:11 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:317:31 AM–09:219:21 AM
Abhijit 12:3212:32 PM–13:311:31 PM
Pradoṣa 20:228:22 PM–21:379:37 PM
Niśītha 24:3812:38+1 AM–25:261:26+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:219:21 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  6. AbhijitUntil 13:311:31 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 41 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:379:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:261:26+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Pratipadā21:119:11 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā10:3610:36 AMŚravaṇa
YogaViṣkambha09:489:48 AMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava10:1810:18 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra29:42 05:425:42 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āṣāḍha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Śrāvaṇa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 304
Day length
14 h 41 m
Sun in
Karka
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
20:378:37 PM
Moonset
06:156:15 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:264:26 AM05:415:41 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:264:26 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:454:45 AM05:415:41 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:415:41 AM08:378:37 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:317:31 AM09:219:21 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:378:37 AM11:3311:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1111:11 AM13:011:01 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3212:32 PM13:311:31 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3712:37 PM13:251:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:311:31 PM14:292:29 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:232:23 PM15:543:54 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:292:29 PM17:265:26 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:512:51 PM16:424:42 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:283:28 PM16:274:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:274:27 PM17:265:26 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:265:26 PM20:228:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:228:22 PM21:379:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:228:22 PM20:418:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:228:22 PM21:189:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:2811:28 PM24:5812:58+1 AMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3812:38+1 AM25:261:26+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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