Monday 21 October 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:405:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:285:28 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:315:31 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 00 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
13:091:09 PM–15:213:21 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Ramā 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Tue | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 25:35 01:351:35 AM Tue | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Brahma | 29:07 05:075:07 AM Tue | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 17:315:31 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:494:49 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:494:49 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:155:15 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:336:33 AM | 08:458:45 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:557:55 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:458:45 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 09:219:21 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:2512:25 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:091:09 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:251:25 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:531:53 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:372:37 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:213:21 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:335:33 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:335:33 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:335:33 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 19:067:06 PM | 20:438:43 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |