Monday 22 March 1943 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 07:087:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:157:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava boundary
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0512:05 PM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
13:251:25 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 10 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:197:19 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 | 31:15 07:157:15 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 12:0512:05 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 27:46 03:463:46 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 19:157:15 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:465:46 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:465:46 AM | 06:346:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:479:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:528:52 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:479:47 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:261:26 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:021:02 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:501:50 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:392:39 PM | 17:055:05 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:273:27 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:164:16 PM | 17:055:05 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:055:05 PM | 19:317:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:317:31 PM | 21:059:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:317:31 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:317:31 PM | 20:418:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:428:42 PM | 22:2110:21 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:011:01 AM+1 | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:336:33 AM+1 | 32:128:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |