Thursday 17 December 1953 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:234:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:541:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:317:31 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:083:08 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1412:14 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 27 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
13:111:11 PM–15:043:04 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mokṣadā 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
07:317:31 AM to 31:317:31 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 | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Fri | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 26:31 02:312:31 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 22:5310:53 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:083:08 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:345:34 AM | 07:317:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:345:34 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:036:03 AM | 07:317:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:317:31 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:317:31 AM | 08:428:42 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:249:24 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:529:52 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:4010:40 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:111:11 PM | 14:392:39 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:251:25 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:262:26 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:574:57 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:574:57 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:574:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0410:04 PM | 23:3311:33 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |