Thursday 21 August 1952 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 21:209:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4811:48 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:325:32 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:086:08 AM
Parigha gives way to Śiva.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 80° above S. Day length 12 h 47 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
05:325:32 AM to 29:325:32+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 | 23:4811:48 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 15:373:37 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 06:086:08 AM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:3510:35 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:254:25 AM | 05:325:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:325:32 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:325:32 AM | 07:087:08 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:489:48 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:422:42 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 15:073:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:552:55 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:196:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:196:19 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:196:19 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:196:19 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3412:34+1 AM | 26:212:21+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |