Friday 8 December 1939 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 10:0810:08 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:378:37 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 116 of 116 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:237:23 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:378:37 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 32 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:237:23 AM–08:378:37 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:37. Utpannā Ekādaśī
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
07:237:23 AM to 31:247:24 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 Dvādaśī | 08:378:37 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 15:373:37 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 28:12 04:124:12 AM Sat | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:378:37 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:285:28 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:285:28 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:237:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:237:23 AM | 09:189:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:358:35 AM | 09:469:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:189:18 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:189:18 AM | 09:569:56 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:059:05 PM | 22:3910:39 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:286:28 AM+1 | 32:028:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |