Tuesday 16 August 2011 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Maṅgalavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 03:063:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:025:02 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Tṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:014:01 PM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 83° above N. Day length 12 h 20 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:056:05 AM+1
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 Tṛtīyā | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Wed | Caturthī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 24:15 00:1512:15 AM Wed | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 25:06 01:061:06 AM Wed | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:014:01 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:338:33 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:338:33 AM | 09:229:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:109:10 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:471:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:203:20 PM | 16:524:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:263:26 PM | 17:115:11 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:573:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |