Monday 14 January 2002 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:299:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5610:56 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0910:09 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 14 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:117:11+1 AM
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 | 22:5610:56 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 18:166:16 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 11:5511:55 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:0910:09 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:208:20 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2211:22 AM | 13:051:05 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:4312:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:062:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 13:571:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:571:57 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:254:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:254:25 PM | 18:236:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:254:25 PM | 16:544:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:254:25 PM | 17:535:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3810:38 PM | 24:2312:23+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |