Sunday 5 February 1978 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 11:5511:55 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:458:45 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 109 of 109 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:458:45 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 21 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:227:22 AM–08:458:45 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:45. Ṣaṭtilā 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
07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21 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 | 08:458:45 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:23 01:231:23 AM Mon | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 25:52 01:521:52 AM Mon | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:458:45 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:325:32 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:325:32 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:006:00 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:581:58 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:501:50 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:162:16 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:083:08 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:204:20 PM | 17:025:02 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 17:435:43 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:106:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:069:06 PM | 22:3210:32 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |