Saturday 1 November 1997 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 10:0110:01 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:2111:21 AM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoDyūta Pratipad determinate
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:546:54 AM
Āyuṣmān gives way to Saubhāgya.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 11 h 55 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pratipadā | 11:2111:21 AM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 23:0111:01 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 06:546:54 AM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:2111:21 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:475:47 AM | 07:167:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:475:47 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:356:35 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:141:14 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:361:36 PM | 15:193:19 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:143:14 AM+1 | 28:554:55 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |