Monday 4 April 2011 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 22:3210:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5312:53 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4411:44 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 44 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
06:006:00 AM to 29:585:58 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 Pratipadā | 24:53 00:5312:53 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 19:457:45 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Indra | 12:5412:54 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 11:4411:44 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:294:29 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:294:29 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:524:52 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:186:18 AM | 08:068:06 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:357:35 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:338:33 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:571:57 PM | 15:333:33 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:292:29 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:203:20 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:114:11 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:045:04 PM | 18:516:51 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:148:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:517:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |