Monday 16 August 1982 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:008:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 8 of 79 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:394:39 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:319:31 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 11 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:394:39 AM–07:297:29 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. 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
04:394:39 AM to 28:404:40+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 | 20:008:00 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 14:002:00 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Vajra | 14:512:51 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:319:31 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:40 04:404:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:203:20 AM | 04:394:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:203:20 AM | 03:593:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:403:40 AM | 04:394:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:394:39 AM | 07:297:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 04:534:53 AM | 06:216:21 AM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:256:25 AM | 08:118:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:297:29 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 15:173:17 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:023:02 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:496:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:496:49 PM | 20:088:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:496:49 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:496:49 PM | 19:487:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 26:182:18+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |