Sunday 8 April 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 11:1411:14 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:0212:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 86 of 86 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:075:07 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0212:02 PM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 13 h 10 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:075:07 AM–07:457:45 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Pāpamocanī 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
05:075:07 AM to 29:055:05 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 Dvādaśī | 12:0212:02 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 13:491:49 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 22:1810:18 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:0212:02 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:05 05:055:05 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:403:40 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:403:40 AM | 04:244:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:024:02 AM | 05:075:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:075:07 AM | 07:457:45 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:136:13 AM | 07:547:54 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:457:45 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:003:00 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 18:186:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:324:32 PM | 17:255:25 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:394:39 PM | 18:186:18 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:186:18 PM | 19:447:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:186:18 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:186:18 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:258:25 PM | 22:0410:04 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |