Sunday 20 October 1957 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 01:361:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:2610:26 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 107 of 107 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0312:03 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 41 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:486:48 AM–08:128:12 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Ramā 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:056:05 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 | 22:2610:26 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 20:508:50 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Brahma | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Mon | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:0312:03 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:115:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:256:25 AM | 07:517:51 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 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 | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:253:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:372:37 PM | 16:454:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:043:04 PM | 16:314:31 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:203:20 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 16:454:45 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:454:45 PM | 18:326:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:454:45 PM | 17:125:12 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:454:45 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:173:17 AM+1 | 28:434:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |