Friday 28 June 1996 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:559:55 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:554:55 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:045:04 AM
Siddha gives way to Sādhya.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 14 h 52 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:345:34 AM–07:547:54 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Śukla 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
04:554:55 AM to 28:564:56 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 | 21:559:55 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 15:133:13 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 05:045:04 AM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:0611:06 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:423:42 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:423:42 AM | 04:194:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:014:01 AM | 04:554:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:554:55 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:476:47 AM | 08:388:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:516:51 AM | 08:228:22 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:547:54 AM | 08:538:53 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:044:04 PM | 17:565:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:494:49 PM | 19:477:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:546:54 PM | 20:238:23 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:477:47 PM | 21:009:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:477:47 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:477:47 PM | 20:428:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:453:45 AM+1 | 29:145:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |