Tuesday 13 April 1926 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 20:568:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:306:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra Navratri determinate
At sunrise
04:594:59 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:407:40 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 24 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
04:594:59 AM to 28:574:57 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 | Śukla Pratipadā | 18:306:30 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 20:548:54 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 20:528:52 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 07:407:40 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:57 04:574:57 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:174:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:553:55 AM | 04:594:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:594:59 AM | 07:407:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:407:40 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:407:40 AM | 08:348:34 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:208:20 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:112:11 PM | 15:413:41 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:023:02 PM | 16:434:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:423:42 PM | 18:236:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:105:10 PM | 18:406:40 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:236:23 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:236:23 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:236:23 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |