Nishita kaal in Vedic astrology

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    "name": "Sharad",
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  "ritu_lunar": {
    "name": "Varsha",
    "season": "monsoon"
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    "vikram_kartikadi": 2082,
    "note": "shaka and vikram turn at Chaitra, not at the Gregorian new year; vikram_kartikadi is the Vikram year as Gujarat counts it, turning at Kartika (the day after Diwali)"
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        "choghadiya": "Shubh",
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        "note": "Shubh is reckoned benefit and auspicious beginnings, and yamaganda covers the same eighth of the day. The two tables disagree here; neither is applied over the other."
      },
      {
        "band": "rahu_kaal",
        "choghadiya": "Amrit",
        "eighth": 6,
        "note": "Amrit is reckoned the best of the eight, and rahu kaal covers the same eighth of the day. The two tables disagree here; neither is applied over the other."
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        {
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          "name": "Shubh",
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          "index": 1
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        {
          "graha": "Mars",
          "name": "Rog",
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          "signifies": "illness and conflict",
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          "ends": "2026-10-01T09:48:57-04:00",
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        {
          "graha": "Sun",
          "name": "Udveg",
          "quality": "inauspicious",
          "signifies": "anxiety and unrest",
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        {
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          "name": "Amrit",
          "quality": "auspicious",
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          "ends": "2026-10-01T20:09:54-04:00",
          "index": 1
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        {
          "graha": "Venus",
          "name": "Char",
          "quality": "neutral",
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        "lord": "Mars",
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      {
        "index": 3,
        "lord": "Sun",
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    "note": "day choghadiya divide daylight, night choghadiya divide the night, and horas divide sunrise to sunrise. The three do not share boundaries and are not meant to. Choghadiya and the bands run on the visible sunrise the calendars print; the…",
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        "Shubh": {
          "text": [
            "Shubh, which means auspicious, is the right window for proper, formal beginnings. The day is divided into eight choghadiyas, blocks of about an hour and a half, and so is the night. Each one is ruled by a planet. Shubh belongs to Jupiter,…",
            "Use it to sign contracts, go to important appointments or open a business. It also suits a ceremony connected with study or worship."
          ],
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          "detail": "standard"
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        "Rog": {
          "text": [
            "Rog means illness or conflict. The day and the night each run through eight choghadiyas, blocks of about an hour and a half. Each block takes the character of its planet, and Rog belongs to Mars, the planet of force and conflict. Classical…",
            "Keep it for hard physical work, a tough workout, a sports match, or settling a pressing dispute that needs courage."
          ],
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          "detail": "standard"
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        "Udveg": {
          "text": [
            "Udveg means unease. The day and the night are each split into eight choghadiyas, blocks of about an hour and a half. Each one carries the nature of its planet, and Udveg belongs to the Sun. Its energy is tense and restless, so something…",
            "Avoid starting a sensitive personal conversation, taking a loan, or taking a gamble in this window. Use it instead for your regular routine or for quiet reflection, and save new starts for the next good block."
          ],
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          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Char": {
          "text": [
            "Char is a neutral to mildly good window for movement and change. Each day and each night holds eight choghadiyas, blocks of roughly an hour and a half. A planet is in charge of each. Char belongs to Venus, and the word means moving. So it…",
            "Char is not the best time for ceremonies meant to stay fixed for good: things begun in it keep moving. It helps most when you need to stay flexible, take a trip or make a change for the better."
          ],
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          "detail": "standard"
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        "Labh": {
          "text": [
            "Labh means gain or profit. The day and night are cut into eight choghadiyas each, blocks of about an hour and a half. Each block takes the mood of its planet, and Labh belongs to Mercury, the planet of trade and quick thinking. So it helps…",
            "Use it when you want a better return on business or need to close a deal. It also suits sending in an application. It can give you an edge in how you put your case."
          ],
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          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Amrit": {
          "text": [
            "Amrit, which means nectar, is seen as the best of all the choghadiyas. The day and the night are each divided into eight choghadiyas, blocks of roughly an hour and a half. Each block belongs to a planet, and Amrit belongs to the Moon.…",
            "So Amrit is your best window for medical treatment, a religious celebration or setting out on an important trip. It also suits holding a family ceremony that matters to you. If you can move only one thing in your day, move it here."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Kaal": {
          "text": [
            "The word Kaal is linked with time and loss. Every day and every night is split into eight choghadiyas, each about an hour and a half long. Each one is ruled by a planet, and Kaal belongs to Saturn, the planet of delay. Its energy is heavy…",
            "Put off celebrations and good beginnings during this time. Use it instead for clearing out, routine upkeep, dealing with debts and some quiet thinking."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        }
      },
      "hora": {
        "Jupiter": {
          "text": [
            "Hora means a planetary hour: from sunrise, the seven planets take turns ruling one hour each. Jupiter is the planet of teachers, wisdom and good fortune. So its hora is the best of the seven for beginnings that need a blessing. That covers…",
            "You meet a Jupiter hora three or four times a day. When it falls in a Shubh choghadiya, you have the same planet twice over. If a full muhurta (a carefully chosen time) can't be worked out, use that overlap for a formal beginning. That is…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Mars": {
          "text": [
            "Each hour from sunrise onward is a hora, a planetary hour ruled in turn by one of the seven planets. Mars is the planet of force, courage and conflict, so its hora is good for things that need force. These include surgery, physical work, a…",
            "A Mars hora turns up three or four times in every 24 hours. When it falls inside a Rog choghadiya, which also belongs to Mars, the two point strongly the same way. That stretch is worth avoiding for anything likely to cause an argument.…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Sun": {
          "text": [
            "The Sun's hora is good for dealing with people above you. A hora is a planetary hour. Counting from sunrise, each hour of the day and night belongs to one of the seven planets in turn. Each hour takes on its planet's nature, and the Sun…",
            "Each hora lasts about an hour. Every planet's hora comes around three or four times between one sunrise and the next. So waiting for the right one rarely costs you a whole day. Because the count runs from sunrise to sunrise, not midnight…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Venus": {
          "text": [
            "A hora is one planet's hour: counted from sunrise, the seven planets rule the hours in a repeating order. Venus is the planet of love, beauty and comfort. So its hora is good for marriage, relationships, art and buying things meant to give…",
            "It comes around three or four times a day. A Char choghadiya also belongs to Venus. When the two overlap, the pair is traditionally read as good for travel. That is because in this scheme Venus rules movement. When a Venus hora falls in…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Mercury": {
          "text": [
            "From sunrise, the hours of the day and night are handed out one by one to the seven planets. Each such hour is called a hora. Mercury is the planet of speech, trade and quick thinking. So its hora is good for every kind of communication:…",
            "It comes around three or four times a day, so one is nearly always within reach. When a Mercury hora falls inside a Labh choghadiya, that is the classic slot for trade. Both belong to Mercury, and the overlap happens on most days."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Moon": {
          "text": [
            "The horas are planetary hours: starting at sunrise, each hour belongs to one of the seven planets in a fixed order. The Moon rules the mind, the mother and water. So its hora is good for anything to do with the home, your mother, water and…",
            "A Moon hora comes around three or four times in 24 hours. So one is usually only a few hours away. Where it overlaps with an Amrit choghadiya, use them together. Both belong to the Moon, so they strengthen each other rather than just…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Saturn": {
          "text": [
            "The day is counted in horas: planetary hours that start at sunrise and pass from one of the seven planets to the next. Saturn is the planet of time, effort and delay. So its hora is good for work that is slow, solid and unglamorous. That…",
            "Saturn's hora recurs three or four times between sunrises. For a beginning, it is the one hora worth actively avoiding. When it falls in a Kaal choghadiya, both belong to Saturn and the warning is doubled. For finishing something, though,…"
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        }
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    "detail": "standard"
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        "name": "Shashthi",
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        "class": "favorable"
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      {
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        "name": "Vyatipata",
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        "ends": "2026-10-02T08:47:43-04:00",
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        "ends": "2026-10-01T18:57:24-04:00",
        "class": "dhruva"
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      {
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        "name": "Mrigashira",
        "lord": "Mars",
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        "ends": "2026-10-02T17:25:13-04:00",
        "class": "mridu"
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      "ends": "2026-10-01T21:05:05-04:00"
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      "ends": "2026-10-02T01:10:19-04:00"
    },
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      {
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        "ends": "2026-10-01T11:34:45-04:00",
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        "half": "day"
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      {
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        "ends": "2026-10-01T16:16:53-04:00",
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        "half": "day"
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      "ends": "2026-10-01T06:03:45-04:00"
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      {
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        "ends": "2026-10-02T11:37:09-04:00"
      }
    ],
    "panchaka": [],
    "rule": "daylight and night are each fifteen equal muhurtas. The day parts are groups of three; pradosh is the night's first three, nishita its eighth. Dur muhurta by weekday. Bhadra is the Vishti karana; panchaka is the Moon in Kumbha or Meena.…",
    "not_computed": {
      "varjyam": "read from a 27-row table of ghati offsets per nakshatra; not reproduced until the table is verified against a source",
      "amrit_kaal": "same table family as varjyam; same reason",
      "godhuli": "sources give different spans around sunset"
    }
  },
  "day_yogas": {
    "weekday": "Thursday",
    "anandadi": [
      {
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        "ends": "2026-10-01T18:57:24-04:00",
        "name": "Utpata",
        "number": 16,
        "nature": "inauspicious",
        "nakshatra": "Rohini"
      },
      {
        "starts": "2026-10-01T18:57:24-04:00",
        "ends": "2026-10-02T06:53:38-04:00",
        "name": "Mrityu",
        "number": 17,
        "nature": "inauspicious",
        "nakshatra": "Mrigashira"
      }
    ],
    "special_yogas": [
      {
        "code": "sarvartha_siddhi",
        "name": "Sarvartha Siddhi",
        "nature": "auspicious",
        "forms_today": false,
        "spans": [],
        "rule": "the weekday with one of its listed nakshatras. Tithi is not judged here"
      },
      {
        "code": "amrit_siddhi",
        "name": "Amrit Siddhi",
        "nature": "auspicious",
        "forms_today": false,
        "spans": [],
        "rule": "the weekday with its one nakshatra. While one tithi per weekday runs with it, the yoga turns into Visha yoga: those minutes are listed under `visha`, not here"
      },
      {
        "code": "visha",
        "name": "Visha",
        "nature": "inauspicious",
        "forms_today": false,
        "spans": [],
        "rule": "Amrit Siddhi running with its cancelling tithi (Muhurta Chintamani). Each span names what it replaced (`was`) and why (`cancelled_by`). The published calendar we check against does not apply the cancellation and lists these minutes as…"
      }
    ],
    "rule": "Anandadi: count the Moon's nakshatra from the weekday's starting nakshatra (Sunday Ashwini, Monday Mrigashira, Tuesday Ashlesha, Wednesday Hasta, Thursday Anuradha, Friday Uttara Ashadha, Saturday Shatabhisha) over 28 nakshatras with…",
    "not_computed": {
      "tithi_cancellations": "Sarvartha Siddhi tithi exceptions differ by source and are not applied"
    },
    "readings": {
      "anandadi": {
        "Utpata": {
          "text": [
            "Utpata is one of the 28 Anandadi yogas. Each one is a mood of the day, read from the weekday and the Moon's nakshatra (star). Utpata means upset. Plans may get stirred up. Avoid new starts and keep to what is already in hand."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        },
        "Mrityu": {
          "text": [
            "Mrityu is one of the 28 Anandadi yogas. Each one is a mood of the day, read from the weekday and the Moon's nakshatra (star). Mrityu has a heavy old name. Read it simply as a time to avoid new starts and travel. Routine work is fine."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        }
      },
      "special_yogas": {
        "ravi_yoga": {
          "text": [
            "Ravi Yoga is a good time that comes from the Sun's and the Moon's nakshatras (stars). It is said to clear many small faults of the day. It suits new work, travel and important tasks."
          ],
          "language": "en",
          "detail": "standard"
        }
      }
    },
    "gaps": []
  },
  "disha_shool": {
    "weekday": "Thursday",
    "direction": "south",
    "rule": "the direction to avoid starting a journey toward on this weekday: east on Monday and Saturday, north on Tuesday and Wednesday, south on Thursday, west on Friday and Sunday. `tithi_shool` and `nakshatra_shool` report two more, independent…",
    "tithi_shool": {
      "spans": [
        {
          "starts": "2026-10-01T06:52:37-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-02T00:45:43-04:00",
          "direction": "west",
          "tithi": "Shashthi"
        },
        {
          "starts": "2026-10-02T00:45:43-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-02T06:53:38-04:00",
          "direction": "northwest",
          "tithi": "Saptami"
        }
      ],
      "rule": "the direction forbidden by the running tithi, by its number within either paksha (so tithi 3 is Shukla and Krishna Tritiya alike), except Purnima (Shukla's 15th) and Amavasya (Krishna's 15th), which go to different directions. Every tithi…"
    },
    "nakshatra_shool": {
      "spans": [
        {
          "starts": "2026-10-01T06:52:37-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-01T18:57:24-04:00",
          "direction": "west",
          "nakshatra": "Rohini"
        }
      ],
      "rule": "the direction forbidden while the Moon transits Jyeshtha (east), Purva Bhadrapada (south), Rohini (west) or Uttara Phalguni (north). Only these four of the 27 nakshatras forbid a direction, so most days hold no span here"
    },
    "reading": {
      "text": [
        "Disha shool is the direction in which it is better not to start a journey today. It is set by the weekday. Trips in other directions are not affected."
      ],
      "language": "en",
      "detail": "standard"
    }
  },
  "chandrashtama": {
    "by_moon_sign": [
      {
        "moon_sign": "Aries",
        "moon_sign_no": 1,
        "eighth_sign": "Scorpio",
        "holds_today": false,
        "spans": []
      },
      {
        "moon_sign": "Taurus",
        "moon_sign_no": 2,
        "eighth_sign": "Sagittarius",
        "holds_today": false,
        "spans": []
      },
      {
        "moon_sign": "Gemini",
        "moon_sign_no": 3,
        "eighth_sign": "Capricorn",
        "holds_today": false,
        "spans": []
      }
    ],
    "rule": "the transit Moon in the 8th sign from a birth Moon sign, counted in whole signs. Find your own birth Moon sign in the list",
    "reading": {
      "text": [
        "Chandrashtama is the time when the Moon passes through the 8th sign from your birth Moon sign (rashi). It comes for about two and a half days each month. It is better for rest and routine than for new starts."
      ],
      "language": "en",
      "detail": "standard"
    }
  },
  "good_for": {
    "reckoned_at": "sunrise",
    "limbs": {
      "tithi": {
        "name": "Shashthi",
        "class": "nanda",
        "text": [
          "The day's tithi (lunar day) is a Nanda tithi. The 30 lunar days of a month fall into five groups, and each group gives the day its own character. Nanda means joy, so it suits things you start for fun. Think of celebrations, music and…",
          "Because it is a light day, it is not one for heavy undertakings. Enjoy it for what it is good at, and keep contracts and foundations for a Bhadra or Purna tithi."
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "detail": "standard"
      },
      "nakshatra": {
        "name": "Rohini",
        "class": "dhruva",
        "text": [
          "The nakshatra is the star group the Moon is passing through, one of 27. Each belongs to one of seven natures. Today's is fixed (dhruva), so it suits things meant to stay. Think of laying a foundation, planting, buying land or a home, or a…",
          "What starts under it tends to settle and hold. That is also why it is a bad day for travel, or for anything you expect to change soon."
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "detail": "standard"
      },
      "yoga": {
        "name": "Siddhi",
        "class": "favorable",
        "text": [
          "The panchang (the traditional calendar) reads each day through five limbs: the tithi, the weekday, the nakshatra, the yoga and the karana. The yoga comes from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. Today's is one of the 18 counted…",
          "Of the five limbs, the yoga carries the least weight. Take it as a confirmation, not as a reason to act."
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "detail": "standard"
      },
      "karana": {
        "name": "Gara",
        "class": "movable",
        "text": [
          "A karana is half of a tithi (lunar day), and the current one is a movable karana other than Vishti. The movable karanas repeat through the month. Apart from Vishti, none of them puts a limit of its own on the day.",
          "So the karana neither helps nor blocks your plans today. Judge the day by its tithi and nakshatra instead, and pick your time from what they support."
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "detail": "standard"
      }
    },
    "gaps": [],
    "not_a_muhurta": "what the day is suited to, from its limbs at sunrise. Choosing a time for one activity is /v1/muhurta/{activity}, which judges the weekday, month and the moment of beginning as well."
  }
}