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Friday 7 April 2023 · Queens, New York, United States

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā

Śukravāra. Dvitīyā began at 00:5112:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4112:41+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:306:30 AM

Dvitīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4912:49 PM

Taitila gives way to Gara.

Noon

12:5712:57 PM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5712:57 PM
At noon, 12:5712:57 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 198° ahead of it, in Svātī, 98% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 198° falls in Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–05:455:45 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:235:23 AM–06:306:30 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3212:32 PM–13:241:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:073:07 PM–15:593:59 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:267:26 PM–19:487:48 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:267:26 PM–20:328:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:317:31 PM–21:099:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:078:07 AM–09:449:44 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:059:05 AM–09:579:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:459:45 AM–11:2311:23 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla11:2111:21 AM–12:5812:58 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:241:24 PM–14:152:15 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa16:124:12 PM–17:495:49 PMYama’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

Cara06:306:30 AM–08:078:07 AMneutral
Lābha08:078:07 AM–09:449:44 AMgood
Amṛta09:449:44 AM–11:2111:21 AMgood
Kāla11:2111:21 AM–12:5812:58 PMavoid
Śubha12:5812:58 PM–14:352:35 PMgood
Roga14:352:35 PM–16:124:12 PMavoid
Udvega16:124:12 PM–17:495:49 PMavoid
Cara17:495:49 PM–19:267:26 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga19:267:26 PM–20:498:49 PMavoid
Kāla20:498:49 PM–22:1110:11 PMavoid
Lābha22:1110:11 PM–23:3411:34 PMgood
Udvega23:3411:34 PM–24:5712:57+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:5712:57+1 AM–26:202:20+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:202:20+1 AM–27:433:43+1 AMgood
Cara27:433:43+1 AM–29:055:05+1 AMneutral
Roga29:055:05+1 AM–30:286:28+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:306:30 AM to 30:286:28+1 AM

06:306:30 AM sunrise19:267:26 PM sunsetsunrise 30:286:28+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Dvitīyāuntil 24:4112:41+1 AM
Tṛtīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 28:294:29+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Harṣaṇauntil 15:553:55 PM
Vajrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 12:4912:49 PM
Garauntil 24:4112:41+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:2111:21 AM–12:5812:58 PM
Abhijit 12:3212:32 PM–13:241:24 PM
Pradoṣa 19:267:26 PM–20:548:54 PM
Niśītha 24:3312:33+1 AM–25:211:21+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. SunriseDvitīyā holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5812:58 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:241:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. VajraYoga: Harṣaṇa ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 56 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:548:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:211:21+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. TṛtīyāTithi: Dvitīyā ends.
  10. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  11. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvitīyā24:41 00:4112:41 AM SatTṛtīyā
NakṣatraSvātī28:29 04:294:29 AM SatViśākhā
YogaHarṣaṇa15:553:55 PMVajra
KaraṇaTaitila12:4912:49 PMGara
VāraŚukravāra30:28 06:286:28 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 576
Day length
12 h 56 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
21:199:19 PM
Moonset
07:107:10 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:306:30 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM05:455:45 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:235:23 AM06:306:30 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:306:30 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:078:07 AM09:449:44 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM11:4011:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:059:05 AM09:579:57 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:459:45 AM11:2311:23 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:2111:21 AM12:5812:58 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3212:32 PM13:241:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3412:34 PM13:221:22 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:241:24 PM14:152:15 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:152:15 PM16:514:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:073:07 PM15:593:59 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day16:124:12 PM17:495:49 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:514:51 PM19:267:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:267:26 PM20:548:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:267:26 PM19:487:48 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:267:26 PM20:328:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:317:31 PM21:099:09 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3312:33+1 AM25:211:21+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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