Tuesday 9 December 2003 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 04:374:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:057:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:535:53 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 31 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:257:25 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 | 31:05 07:057:05 AM Wed | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | past sunrise | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 20:248:24 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:535:53 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:585:58 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:479:47 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:312:31 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2911:29 PM | 25:161:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |