Thursday 20 March 1997 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guruvāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:4812:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:253:25+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:456:45 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:062:06 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:4812:48 PM
The Sun 83° above S. Day length 12 h 06 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:277:27 AM–09:109:10 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Āmalakī Ekādaśī
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
06:456:45 AM to 30:456:45+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 Dvādaśī | 27:25 03:253:25 AM Fri | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 26:25 02:252:25 AM Fri | Maghā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 20:348:34 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:062:06 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:45 06:456:45 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:105:10 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:345:34 AM | 06:456:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:456:45 AM | 09:109:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:456:45 AM | 08:168:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:109:10 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:479:47 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:4710:47 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:471:47 PM | 15:353:35 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:192:19 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:383:38 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:516:51 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:516:51 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:516:51 PM | 20:038:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2412:24+1 AM | 25:121:12+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 26:252:25+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |