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Monday 28 April 2025 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Vaiśākha Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 22:3110:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:416:41 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:205:20 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:368:36 AM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5111:51 AM

The Sun 80° above S. Day length 13 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5111:51 AM
At noon, 11:5111:51 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 8° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 8° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:523:52 AM–04:364:36 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:144:14 AM–05:205:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:532:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:562:56 PM–16:204:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:216:21 PM–18:436:43 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:216:21 PM–19:277:27 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:326:32 AM–07:567:56 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla06:586:58 AM–08:368:36 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1310:13 AM–11:5111:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1712:17 PM–13:091:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:281:28 PM–15:063:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:532:53 PM–15:453:45 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

Amṛta05:205:20 AM–06:586:58 AMgood
Kāla06:586:58 AM–08:368:36 AMavoid
Śubha08:368:36 AM–10:1310:13 AMgood
Roga10:1310:13 AM–11:5111:51 AMavoid
Udvega11:5111:51 AM–13:281:28 PMavoid
Cara13:281:28 PM–15:063:06 PMneutral
Lābha15:063:06 PM–16:444:44 PMgood
Amṛta16:444:44 PM–18:216:21 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:216:21 PM–19:437:43 PMneutral
Roga19:437:43 PM–21:069:06 PMavoid
Kāla21:069:06 PM–22:2810:28 PMavoid
Lābha22:2810:28 PM–23:5011:50 PMgood
Udvega23:5011:50 PM–25:131:13 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:131:13 AM+1–26:352:35 AM+1good
Amṛta26:352:35 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1good
Cara27:573:57 AM+1–29:205:20 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

05:205:20 AM sunrise18:216:21 PM sunsetsunrise 29:205:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 18:416:41 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 19:087:08 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 17:325:32 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 08:368:36 AM
Bavauntil 18:416:41 PM
Bālavauntil 28:504:50 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:586:58 AM–08:368:36 AM
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Pradoṣa 18:216:21 PM–19:497:49 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14 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. SunrisePratipadā holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:368:36 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 01 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:497:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā18:416:41 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraBharaṇī19:087:08 PMKṛttikā
YogaĀyuṣmān17:325:32 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaKiṃstughna08:368:36 AMBava
VāraSomavāra29:20 05:205:20 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2082
Śaka
1947
Kali
5126
Ahargaṇa
1 872 328
Day length
13 h 01 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
05:285:28 AM
Moonset
19:157:15 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:523:52 AM05:205:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:523:52 AM04:364:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:144:14 AM05:205:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:205:20 AM07:567:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:326:32 AM07:567:56 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:586:58 AM08:368:36 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:567:56 AM10:3310:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1310:13 AM11:5111:51 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1712:17 PM13:091:09 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:091:09 PM15:453:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:281:28 PM15:063:06 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:532:53 PM15:453:45 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:562:56 PM16:204:20 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:453:45 PM18:216:21 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:216:21 PM19:497:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:216:21 PM18:436:43 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:216:21 PM19:277:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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