Monday 18 September 1944 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:379:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0512:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:216:21 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5210:52 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 25 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
06:216:21 AM to 30:226:22 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 | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 15:023:02 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Tue | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:5210:52 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:22 06:226:22 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:494:49 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:494:49 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:125:12 AM | 06:216:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:216:21 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:566:56 AM | 08:448:44 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:547:54 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:403:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:283:28 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:174:17 PM | 18:476:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:476:47 PM | 20:198:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:476:47 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:476:47 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 26:152:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |