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Tuesday 18 May 2004 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā

Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 22:4110:41 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5212:52 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:518:51 AM

Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 354° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 354° falls in Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM–04:584:58 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:394:39 AM–05:365:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:183:18 PM–16:164:16 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:098:09 PM–20:278:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:098:09 PM–21:059:05 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:308:30 AM–09:289:28 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:149:14 AM–11:0311:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5212:52 PM–14:412:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:304:30 PM–18:196:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:1610:16 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:5511:55 PM–24:3312:33 AM+1an 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

Roga05:365:36 AM–07:257:25 AMavoid
Udvega07:257:25 AM–09:149:14 AMavoid
Cara09:149:14 AM–11:0311:03 AMneutral
Lābha11:0311:03 AM–12:5212:52 PMgood
Amṛta12:5212:52 PM–14:412:41 PMgood
Kāla14:412:41 PM–16:304:30 PMavoid
Śubha16:304:30 PM–18:196:19 PMgood
Roga18:196:19 PM–20:098:09 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla20:098:09 PM–21:199:19 PMavoid
Lābha21:199:19 PM–22:3010:30 PMgood
Udvega22:3010:30 PM–23:4111:41 PMavoid
Śubha23:4111:41 PM–24:5212:52 AM+1good
Amṛta24:5212:52 AM+1–26:022:02 AM+1good
Cara26:022:02 AM+1–27:133:13 AM+1neutral
Roga27:133:13 AM+1–28:244:24 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:244:24 AM+1–29:355:35 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:355:35 AM+1

05:365:36 AM sunrise20:098:09 PM sunsetsunrise 29:355:35 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Amāvasyāuntil 24:5212:52 AM+1
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 08:518:51 AM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 20:018:01 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Catuṣpādauntil 11:4511:45 AM
Nāgauntil 24:5212:52 AM+1
Kiṃstughnapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:304:30 PM–18:196:19 PM
Pradoṣa 20:098:09 PM–21:249:24 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. SunriseAmāvasyā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  3. NāgaKaraṇa: Catuṣpāda ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:196:19 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 33 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:249:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:161:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PratipadāTithi: Amāvasyā ends.
  11. KiṃstughnaKaraṇa: Nāga ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Amāvasyā24:52 00:5212:52 AM WedPratipadā
NakṣatraBharaṇī08:518:51 AMKṛttikā
YogaŚobhana20:018:01 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaCatuṣpāda11:4511:45 AMNāga
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:35 05:355:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Jyeṣṭha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 678
Day length
14 h 33 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
none
Moonset
19:547:54 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:204:20 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:204:20 AM04:584:58 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:394:39 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:365:36 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM11:2511:25 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:308:30 AM09:289:28 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:149:14 AM11:0311:03 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5212:52 PM14:412:41 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:192:19 PM17:145:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:183:18 PM16:164:16 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:304:30 PM18:196:19 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:145:14 PM20:098:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:098:09 PM21:249:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:098:09 PM20:278:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:098:09 PM21:059:05 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:1610:16 PM24:0312:03 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5511:55 PM24:3312:33 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2812:28 AM+125:161:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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