Wednesday 16 December 1964 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:1511:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:478:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:307:30 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0610:06 AM
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
07:307:30 AM–09:249:24 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. 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
07:307:30 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 | 20:478:47 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 23:0711:07 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 21:039:03 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:0610:06 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:345:34 AM | 07:307:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:345:34 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:036:03 AM | 07:307:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:307:30 AM | 09:249:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:418:41 AM | 09:529:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:249:24 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 09:489:48 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Gulika | 11:0311:03 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:101:10 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:481:48 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:043:04 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 16:574:57 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:574:57 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:574:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 18:416:41 PM | 20:108:10 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |