Sunday 16 October 1955 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 03:323:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:254:25 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:059:05 AM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 56 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59 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 | 28:25 04:254:25 AM Mon | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 19:137:13 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 09:059:05 AM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 15:543:54 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:102:10 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:151:15 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:092:09 PM | 15:313:31 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:422:42 PM | 16:534:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:263:26 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:313:31 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:534:53 PM | 18:386:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:534:53 PM | 17:205:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:534:53 PM | 18:126:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:141:14 AM+1 | 26:572:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |