Monday 27 August 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:085:08 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:016:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 83 of 83 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:524:52 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:035:03 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 38 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:524:52 AM–06:016:01 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 06:01. Ajā 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
04:524:52 AM to 28:544:54+1 AM
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 | 06:016:01 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 05:035:03 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 11:2311:23 AM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 06:016:01 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:54 04:544:54 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:303:30 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:303:30 AM | 04:114:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:503:50 AM | 04:524:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:524:52 AM | 07:367:36 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:356:35 AM | 08:178:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:367:36 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:231:23 PM | 15:063:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:421:42 PM | 15:253:25 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:522:52 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:306:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:306:30 PM | 19:537:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:306:30 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:306:30 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 25:481:48+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |