Friday 9 August 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 02:272:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:294:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:168:16 AM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
13:241:24 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 56 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
08:588:58 AM–09:139:13 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:266:26 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 | 28:29 04:294:29 AM Sat | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 20:168:16 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 08:168:16 AM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:323:32 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:26 06:266:26 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:055:05 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:055:05 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:255:25 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:256:25 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 08:108:10 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:139:13 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:139:13 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:231:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijit | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kāla | 13:081:08 PM | 14:552:55 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:511:51 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:472:47 PM | 17:345:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:433:43 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 16:524:52 PM | 18:376:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 17:345:34 PM | 20:218:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 18:296:29 PM | 20:168:16 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 20:218:21 PM | 21:429:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 20:218:21 PM | 20:418:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 20:218:21 PM | 21:229:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 25:481:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |