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April 1971 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 21 April 1971 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī

Budhavāra. Ekādaśī began at 23:4711:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:029:02 PM.

Observed here on this day

Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:255:25 AM

Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1410:14 AM

Śukla gives way to Brahma.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 16 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 307° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 20% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 307° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:593:59 AM–04:424:42 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:214:21 AM–05:255:25 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:162:16 PM–15:093:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:153:15 PM–16:434:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:426:42 PM–19:037:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:426:42 PM–19:467:46 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya06:266:26 AM–07:547:54 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa07:057:05 AM–08:448:44 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2410:24 AM–12:0312:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3711:37 AM–12:3012:30 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0312:03 PM–13:431:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:373:37 AM+1–29:035:03 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha05:255:25 AM–07:057:05 AMgood
Amṛta07:057:05 AM–08:448:44 AMgood
Kāla08:448:44 AM–10:2410:24 AMavoid
Śubha10:2410:24 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Roga12:0312:03 PM–13:431:43 PMavoid
Udvega13:431:43 PM–15:233:23 PMavoid
Cara15:233:23 PM–17:025:02 PMneutral
Lābha17:025:02 PM–18:426:42 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:426:42 PM–20:028:02 PMavoid
Śubha20:028:02 PM–21:229:22 PMgood
Amṛta21:229:22 PM–22:4310:43 PMgood
Cara22:4310:43 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0312:03 AM+1–25:231:23 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:231:23 AM+1–26:432:43 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:432:43 AM+1–28:044:04 AM+1good
Udvega28:044:04 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:255:25 AM to 29:245:24 AM+1

05:255:25 AM sunrise18:426:42 PM sunsetsunrise 29:245:24 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ekādaśīuntil 21:029:02 PM
Dvādaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 21:519:51 PM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 10:1410:14 AM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:2810:28 AM
Bālavauntil 21:029:02 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0312:03 PM–13:431:43 PM
Pradoṣa 18:426:42 PM–20:078:07 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 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. SunriseEkādaśī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:431:43 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 16 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:078:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. DvādaśīTithi: Ekādaśī ends.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ekādaśī21:029:02 PMDvādaśī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā21:519:51 PMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaŚukla10:1410:14 AMBrahma
KaraṇaBava10:2810:28 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:24 05:245:24 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2028
Śaka
1893
Kali
5072
Ahargaṇa
1 852 597
Day length
13 h 16 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
27:263:26 AM+1
Moonset
14:272:27 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:593:59 AM05:255:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:593:59 AM04:424:42 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:214:21 AM05:255:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:255:25 AM08:058:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:266:26 AM07:547:54 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:057:05 AM08:448:44 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:058:05 AM10:4410:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2410:24 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:3012:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:431:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:231:23 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:162:16 PM15:093:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:153:15 PM16:434:43 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM18:426:42 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:426:42 PM20:078:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:426:42 PM19:037:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:426:42 PM19:467:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:373:37 AM+129:035:03 AM+1sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
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