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Tuesday 21 May 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Pūrṇimā

Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 00:0412:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:339:33 PM.

Observed here on this day

Buddha Pūrṇimā

Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoSampat Gaurī Vrata determinate

At sunrise

05:015:01 AM

Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4610:46 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 80° above S. Day length 13 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 175° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 100% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 175° falls in Śukla Pūrṇimā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:393:39 AM–04:204:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:004:00 AM–05:015:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla06:456:45 AM–08:148:14 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:2212:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:122:12 PM–15:073:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:476:47 PM–19:087:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:476:47 PM–19:497:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:383:38 AM+1–29:085:08 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta07:477:47 AM–08:428:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:288:28 AM–10:1110:11 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:381:38 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:213:21 PM–17:045:04 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:386:38 PM–20:088:08 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:5310:53 PM–23:3411:34 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

Roga05:015:01 AM–06:456:45 AMavoid
Udvega06:456:45 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Cara08:288:28 AM–10:1110:11 AMneutral
Lābha10:1110:11 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:381:38 PMgood
Kāla13:381:38 PM–15:213:21 PMavoid
Śubha15:213:21 PM–17:045:04 PMgood
Roga17:045:04 PM–18:476:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:476:47 PM–20:048:04 PMavoid
Lābha20:048:04 PM–21:219:21 PMgood
Udvega21:219:21 PM–22:3710:37 PMavoid
Śubha22:3710:37 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:111:11 AM+1good
Cara25:111:11 AM+1–26:272:27 AM+1neutral
Roga26:272:27 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:443:44 AM+1–29:015:01 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:015:01 AM to 29:015:01 AM+1

05:015:01 AM sunrise18:476:47 PM sunsetsunrise 29:015:01 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Pūrṇimāuntil 21:339:33 PM
Pratipadāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 14:532:53 PM
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 19:337:33 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:4610:46 AM
Bavauntil 21:339:33 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:2212:22 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:213:21 PM–17:045:04 PM
Pradoṣa 18:476:47 PM–20:098:09 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18 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. SunrisePūrṇimā holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2212:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:045:04 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 46 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:098:09 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  9. PratipadāTithi: Pūrṇimā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pūrṇimā21:339:33 PMPratipadā
NakṣatraViśākhā14:532:53 PMAnurādhā
YogaParigha19:337:33 PMŚiva
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:4610:46 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:01 05:015:01 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 305
Day length
13 h 46 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
18:326:32 PM
Moonset
none

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:393:39 AM05:015:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:393:39 AM04:204:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:004:00 AM05:015:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:015:01 AM07:477:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra06:456:45 AM08:148:14 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:477:47 AM10:3210:32 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:477:47 AM08:428:42 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:288:28 AM10:1110:11 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:381:38 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:171:17 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:122:12 PM15:073:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:213:21 PM17:045:04 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM18:476:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:386:38 PM20:088:08 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:476:47 PM20:098:09 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:476:47 PM19:087:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:476:47 PM19:497:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5310:53 PM23:3411:34 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:383:38 AM+129:085:08 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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