Sunday 5 February 1978 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 11:5511:55 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:458:45 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:458:45 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
11:5411:54 AM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 48 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:007:00 AM–08:458:45 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:45. Ṣaṭtilā 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
07:007:00 AM to 30:596:59+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 | 08:458:45 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:23 01:231:23 AM Mon | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 25:52 01:521:52 AM Mon | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:458:45 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:065:06 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:065:06 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:355:35 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5411:54 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:581:58 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:321:32 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:212:21 PM | 15:353:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:512:51 PM | 16:484:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:303:30 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:353:35 PM | 16:484:48 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:484:48 PM | 18:426:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:484:48 PM | 17:175:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:484:48 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:069:06 PM | 22:3210:32 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |