Saturday 8 August 1998 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 02:102:10 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0412:04 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:101:10 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0612:06 PM
The Sun 79° above N. Day length 12 h 19 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57 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 | Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā | 24:04 00:0412:04 AM Sun | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 27:55 03:553:55 AM Sun | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 18:366:36 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:101:10 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:474:47 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:575:57 AM | 07:297:29 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:575:57 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:466:46 AM | 07:357:35 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:029:02 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:039:03 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:201:20 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:391:39 PM | 15:113:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 18:166:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:066:06 PM | 19:377:37 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:166:16 PM | 19:507:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:166:16 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:166:16 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |