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Monday 28 April 2025 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Pratipadā

Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 03:313:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4111:41 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:185:18 AM

Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:361:36 PM

Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 74° above S. Day length 13 h 15 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonShaoxing11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 5° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 0% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 5° falls in Śukla Pratipadā.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:523:52 AM–04:354:35 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:134:13 AM–05:185:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2911:29 AM–12:2212:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:082:08 PM–15:013:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:336:33 PM–18:546:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:336:33 PM–19:377:37 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:567:56 PM–21:209:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:576:57 AM–08:378:37 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1610:16 AM–11:5511:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:3211:32 AM–12:5612:56 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:2212:22 PM–13:151:15 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:351:35 PM–15:143:14 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:013:01 PM–15:543:54 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

Amṛta05:185:18 AM–06:576:57 AMgood
Kāla06:576:57 AM–08:378:37 AMavoid
Śubha08:378:37 AM–10:1610:16 AMgood
Roga10:1610:16 AM–11:5511:55 AMavoid
Udvega11:5511:55 AM–13:351:35 PMavoid
Cara13:351:35 PM–15:143:14 PMneutral
Lābha15:143:14 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Amṛta16:534:53 PM–18:336:33 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:336:33 PM–19:537:53 PMneutral
Roga19:537:53 PM–21:149:14 PMavoid
Kāla21:149:14 PM–22:3410:34 PMavoid
Lābha22:3410:34 PM–23:5511:55 PMgood
Udvega23:5511:55 PM–25:151:15+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:151:15+1 AM–26:362:36+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:362:36+1 AM–27:573:57+1 AMgood
Cara27:573:57+1 AM–29:175:17+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:185:18 AM to 29:175:17+1 AM

05:185:18 AM sunrise18:336:33 PM sunsetsunrise 29:175:17+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Pratipadāuntil 23:4111:41 PM
Dvitīyāpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 24:0812:08+1 AM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 22:3210:32 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kiṃstughnauntil 13:361:36 PM
Bavauntil 23:4111:41 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:576:57 AM–08:378:37 AM
Abhijit 11:2911:29 AM–12:2212:22 PM
Pradoṣa 18:336:33 PM–19:597:59 PM
Niśītha 23:3111:31 PM–24:1912:19+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 08:378:37 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2212:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Kiṃstughna ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 15 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:597:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1912:19+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. DvitīyāTithi: Pratipadā ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Pratipadā23:4111:41 PMDvitīyā
NakṣatraBharaṇī24:08 00:0812:08 AM TueKṛttikā
YogaĀyuṣmān22:3210:32 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaKiṃstughna13:361:36 PMBava
VāraSomavāra29:17 05:175:17 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 15 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
none
Moonset
19:167:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:523:52 AM05:185:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:523:52 AM04:354:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:134:13 AM05:185:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:185:18 AM07:577:57 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:576:57 AM08:378:37 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:577:57 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1610:16 AM11:5511:55 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2911:29 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:3211:32 AM12:5612:56 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2212:22 PM13:151:15 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:151:15 PM15:543:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:351:35 PM15:143:14 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:082:08 PM15:013:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:013:01 PM15:543:54 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:543:54 PM18:336:33 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:336:33 PM19:597:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:336:33 PM18:546:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:336:33 PM19:377:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:567:56 PM21:209:20 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3111:31 PM24:1912:19+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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