Thursday 18 August 1955 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 03:583:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:002:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
04:414:41 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:552:55 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 06 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
04:414:41 AM to 28:424:42 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 | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 25:15 01:151:15 AM Fri | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 22:2610:26 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 14:552:55 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:42 04:424:42 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:223:22 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:223:22 AM | 04:014:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:413:41 AM | 04:414:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:414:41 AM | 07:307:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:414:41 AM | 06:266:26 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:307:30 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:128:12 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:239:23 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:291:29 PM | 15:153:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:511:51 PM | 15:223:22 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:013:01 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:573:57 PM | 18:476:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:476:47 PM | 20:068:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:476:47 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:476:47 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5810:58 PM | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |