Sunday 18 May 2003 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Tṛtīyā began at 04:354:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:371:37 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī 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
05:045:04 AM
Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0410:04 AM
Jyeṣṭhā gives way to Mūla.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 21 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
05:045:04 AM to 29:035:03 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 Tṛtīyā | 25:37 01:371:37 AM Mon | Caturthī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 10:0410:04 AM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Siddha | 21:049:04 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:023:02 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:473:47 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:064:06 AM | 05:045:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:045:04 AM | 07:567:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:567:56 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 14:022:02 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:411:41 PM | 16:334:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:503:50 PM | 17:385:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:334:33 PM | 19:257:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:245:24 PM | 18:516:51 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:315:31 PM | 18:286:28 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:385:38 PM | 19:257:25 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:257:25 PM | 20:428:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:257:25 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:257:25 PM | 20:238:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:112:11 AM+1 | 27:393:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |