Friday 15 March 1968 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 02:522:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0912:09+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:331:33 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 51 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:525:52+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 Pratipadā | 24:09 00:0912:09 AM Sat | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 18:016:01 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:528:52 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:331:33 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:237:23 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:168:16 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 16:164:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:233:23 PM | 17:455:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:455:45 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:455:45 PM | 18:096:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:455:45 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:401:40+1 AM | 27:083:08+1 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |