Monday 8 August 1938 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:504:50 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:217:21 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 76 of 76 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:284:28 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:217:21 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 14 h 34 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:284:28 AM–07:217:21 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 07:21. 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
04:284:28 AM to 28:294:29 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 Dvādaśī | 07:217:21 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 18:156:15 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 07:217:21 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:29 04:294:29 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:133:13 AM | 04:284:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:133:13 AM | 03:503:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:323:32 AM | 04:284:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:284:28 AM | 07:237:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:176:17 AM | 08:078:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:237:23 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:569:56 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:141:14 PM | 15:023:02 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:351:35 PM | 15:243:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:093:09 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:084:08 PM | 19:027:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:027:02 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:027:02 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:027:02 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 25:501:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |