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April 1996 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Śukla to Vaiśākha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 15 April 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī

Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 12:0512:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:1710:17 AM.

Observed here on this day

Kṛṣṇa Pradoṣa Vrata

Trayodaśī covers 87 of 87 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:406:40 AM

Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1710:17 AM

Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.

Noon

13:131:13 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:131:13 PM
At noon, 13:131:13 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 326° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 9% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 326° falls in Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī.

At a glance

Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast

06:406:40 AM–09:179:17 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Varūthinī Ekādaśī

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:135:13 AM–05:565:56 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:345:34 AM–06:406:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4712:47 PM–13:401:40 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:253:25 PM–16:174:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:024:02 PM–17:345:34 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:477:47 PM–20:098:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:477:47 PM–20:528:52 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya06:486:48 AM–08:208:20 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:188:18 AM–09:569:56 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:3511:35 AM–13:131:13 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:401:40 PM–14:322:32 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:522:52 PM–16:304:30 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:174:17 PM–17:095:09 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

Amṛta06:406:40 AM–08:188:18 AMgood
Kāla08:188:18 AM–09:569:56 AMavoid
Śubha09:569:56 AM–11:3511:35 AMgood
Roga11:3511:35 AM–13:131:13 PMavoid
Udvega13:131:13 PM–14:522:52 PMavoid
Cara14:522:52 PM–16:304:30 PMneutral
Lābha16:304:30 PM–18:096:09 PMgood
Amṛta18:096:09 PM–19:477:47 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara19:477:47 PM–21:089:08 PMneutral
Roga21:089:08 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Kāla22:3010:30 PM–23:5111:51 PMavoid
Lābha23:5111:51 PM–25:131:13+1 AMgood
Udvega25:131:13+1 AM–26:342:34+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:342:34+1 AM–27:553:55+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:553:55+1 AM–29:175:17+1 AMgood
Cara29:175:17+1 AM–30:386:38+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:406:40 AM to 30:386:38+1 AM

06:406:40 AM sunrise19:477:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:386:38+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Dvādaśīuntil 10:1710:17 AM
Trayodaśīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 23:4311:43 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 20:148:14 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 10:1710:17 AM
Garauntil 21:299:29 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:188:18 AM–09:569:56 AM
Abhijit 12:4712:47 PM–13:401:40 PM
Pradoṣa 19:477:47 PM–21:149:14 PM
Niśītha 24:4912:49+1 AM–25:371:37+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. SunriseDvādaśī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:569:56 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. TrayodaśīTithi: Dvādaśī ends.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:401:40 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 07 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:149:14 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:371:37+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Dvādaśī10:1710:17 AMTrayodaśī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā23:4311:43 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaBrahma20:148:14 PMIndra
KaraṇaTaitila10:1710:17 AMGara
VāraSomavāra30:38 06:386:38 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 723
Day length
13 h 07 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
29:335:33+1 AM
Moonset
17:065:06 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:135:13 AM06:406:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:135:13 AM05:565:56 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:345:34 AM06:406:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:406:40 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:486:48 AM08:208:20 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:188:18 AM09:569:56 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:5511:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:3511:35 AM13:131:13 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4712:47 PM13:401:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4912:49 PM13:371:37 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:401:40 PM14:322:32 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:322:32 PM17:095:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:522:52 PM16:304:30 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:253:25 PM16:174:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:024:02 PM17:345:34 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:174:17 PM17:095:09 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:095:09 PM19:477:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:477:47 PM21:149:14 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:477:47 PM20:098:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:477:47 PM20:528:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:4912:49+1 AM25:371:37+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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