Sunday 25 March 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:1511:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:148:14 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:469:46 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 22 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:365:36 AM–08:048:04 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:345:34+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 | 20:148:14 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 23:2711:27 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 12:0312:03 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:469:46 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:34 05:345:34 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:365:36 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:022:02 PM | 15:293:29 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:194:19 PM | 17:085:08 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 17:585:58 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:216:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |