Monday 18 September 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:379:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0512:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:027:02 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5210:52 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:121:12 PM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 12 h 20 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
07:027:02 AM to 31:037:03 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 | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 15:023:02 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Tue | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:5210:52 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:03 07:037:03 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:027:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:027:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:027:02 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:348:34 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:371:37 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:544:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:174:17 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:054:05 PM | 16:544:54 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:544:54 PM | 19:227:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:227:22 PM | 20:568:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:227:22 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:227:22 PM | 20:328:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 26:152:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 25:371:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |