Friday 28 July 1961 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 03:503:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0512:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1210:12 AM
Prīti gives way to Āyuṣmān.
Noon
12:2512:25 PM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 14 h 18 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:165:16 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 | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Sat | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 23:0111:01 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 10:1210:12 AM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:571:57 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:16 05:165:16 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:583:58 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:583:58 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 08:078:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:275:27 AM | 06:526:52 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:027:02 AM | 08:508:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:078:07 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:078:07 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:531:53 PM | 15:183:18 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:593:59 PM | 17:465:46 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:424:42 PM | 19:337:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:337:33 PM | 20:518:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:337:33 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:337:33 PM | 20:328:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:332:33 AM+1 | 27:583:58 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |