Wednesday 20 August 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 03:543:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:581:58+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2610:26 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 58 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:455:45+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 | 25:58 01:581:58 AM Thu | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 10:2610:26 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 26:55 02:552:55 AM Thu | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:522:52 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:297:29 AM | 09:139:13 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:072:07 PM | 16:554:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:033:03 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:554:55 PM | 19:427:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:205:20 PM | 18:526:52 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:427:42 PM | 21:039:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:427:42 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:427:42 PM | 20:438:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 25:081:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:322:32+1 AM | 28:044:04+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |