Wednesday 14 August 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:345:34 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:325:32 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5511:55 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
13:231:23 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 44 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
14:452:45 PM–17:305:30 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Putradā 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:316:31 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 Dvādaśī | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Thu | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 11:5511:55 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 15:083:08 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:305:30 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:31 06:316:31 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:085:08 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:085:08 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:295:29 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:306:30 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:138:13 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:159:15 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 10:1810:18 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Gulika | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kāla | 13:221:22 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:452:45 PM | 17:305:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:403:40 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 17:305:30 PM | 20:158:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 20:158:15 PM | 21:379:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 20:158:15 PM | 20:358:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 20:158:15 PM | 21:169:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 21:509:50 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |