Friday 12 December 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 06:166:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:068:06+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:157:15 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:564:56 PM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
11:3311:33 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 37 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
12:4412:44 PM–14:092:09 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mokṣadā 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
07:157:15 AM to 31:167:16+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 | Śukla Dvādaśī | past sunrise | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 16:564:56 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 23:3411:34 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 19:087:08 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:16 07:167:16 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:157:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:157:15 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:198:19 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:588:58 AM | 09:339:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:069:06 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2910:29 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:192:19 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:001:00 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:092:09 PM | 15:523:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:523:52 PM | 17:555:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:523:52 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:523:52 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:303:30+1 AM | 29:165:16+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |