Monday 12 March 1990 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 18:586:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:178:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:076:07 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 40 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
06:006:00 AM to 29:585:58+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 | 20:178:17 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 20:248:24 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śūla | 06:076:07 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 07:357:35 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:224:22 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:115:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:287:28 AM | 08:558:55 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:222:22 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:181:18 PM | 14:452:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:471:47 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:342:34 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:355:35+1 AM | 31:207:20+1 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |