Monday 15 September 1947 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 04:284:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:002:00+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:113:11 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 12 h 38 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
06:166:16 AM to 30:186:18+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 | Śukla Pratipadā | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 24:31 00:3112:31 AM Tue | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śubha | 21:089:08 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 15:113:11 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:464:46 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:464:46 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:085:08 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:517:51 AM | 09:269:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:568:56 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:102:10 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 18:546:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:515:51 PM | 19:207:20 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:546:54 PM | 20:258:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:546:54 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:546:54 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 25:001:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |