Saturday 22 March 2008 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 00:4012:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:501:50+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:121:12 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0012:00 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:545:54+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 | Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā | 25:50 01:501:50 AM Sun | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | past sunrise | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 21:199:19 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:121:12 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:218:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:555:55 AM | 07:267:26 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:555:55 AM | 06:446:44 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:446:44 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:218:21 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:578:57 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:242:24 PM | 16:074:07 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:2312:23+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4312:43+1 AM | 26:262:26+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |