Tuesday 24 August 1954 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ekādaśī began at 20:338:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:237:23 PM.
At sunrise
04:494:49 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:427:42 AM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 13 h 47 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
04:494:49 AM to 28:504:50 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 | Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī | 19:237:23 PM | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 20:148:14 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Vajra | 07:427:42 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:557:55 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:50 04:504:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:273:27 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:273:27 AM | 04:084:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:473:47 AM | 04:494:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:494:49 AM | 07:347:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 04:544:54 AM | 06:286:28 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:347:34 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:347:34 AM | 08:298:29 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:158:15 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:051:05 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:093:09 PM | 16:524:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:366:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:366:36 PM | 19:577:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:366:36 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:366:36 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4110:41 PM | 23:2211:22 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |