Friday 12 March 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 20:348:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0911:09 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:156:15 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0112:01 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 11 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:076:07+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 | 23:0911:09 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 22:0610:06 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śūla | 06:156:15 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 09:529:52 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:377:37 AM | 09:059:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:308:30 AM | 09:179:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:591:59 PM | 15:473:47 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 17:535:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:535:53 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:535:53 PM | 18:176:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:535:53 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3611:36 PM | 24:2412:24+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |