Friday 2 March 2018 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 06:216:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:064:06+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava boundary
At sunrise
06:236:23 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:105:10 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 76° above S. Day length 11 h 59 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
06:236:23 AM to 30:236:23+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 | 28:06 04:064:06 AM Sat | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 22:0810:08 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 25:24 01:241:24 AM Sat | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:105:10 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:23 06:236:23 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:474:47 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:474:47 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:115:11 AM | 06:236:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:236:23 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:147:14 AM | 08:438:43 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:537:53 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:478:47 AM | 09:359:35 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5310:53 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:232:23 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:104:10 PM | 17:405:40 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:584:58+1 AM | 30:296:29+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |