Tuesday 18 January 2000 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:0312:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 20:548:54 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:586:58 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3110:31 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:5112:51 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:586:58 AM–09:199:19 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā 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
06:586:58 AM to 30:586:58+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 | 20:548:54 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 13:261:26 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 23:0111:01 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:3110:31 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:58 06:586:58 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:586:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 06:586:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:586:58 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:155:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:234:23 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:266:26 PM | 19:527:52 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:577:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2712:27+1 AM | 25:151:15+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:003:00+1 AM | 28:264:26+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |