Friday 18 May 1951 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 01:071:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1011:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoRukmiṇī Dvādaśī determinate
At sunrise
04:044:04 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
04:594:59 AM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 05 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:386:38 AM–07:057:05 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Mohinī 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
04:044:04 AM to 28:034:03+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 Dvādaśī | 23:1011:10 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 15:473:47 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 04:594:59 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:1412:14 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:03 04:034:03 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:532:53 AM | 04:044:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:532:53 AM | 03:293:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:113:11 AM | 04:044:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:044:04 AM | 07:057:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:575:57 AM | 07:507:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:057:05 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:057:05 AM | 08:068:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:449:44 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:084:08 PM | 19:097:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:097:09 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:097:09 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:097:09 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:4312:43+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |