Thursday 18 January 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Dvādaśī began at 11:0711:07 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:018:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 120 of 120 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:197:19 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:018:01 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 02 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:197:19 AM–08:018:01 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:01. Ṣaṭtilā 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
07:197:19 AM to 31:187:18+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 | 08:018:01 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 12:1512:15 PM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 21:539:53 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:018:01 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:197:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:495:49 AM | 07:197:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:197:19 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:278:27 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2010:20 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5812:58 PM | 14:062:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 13:571:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:571:57 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:332:33 PM | 16:224:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:224:22 PM | 18:216:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:224:22 PM | 16:514:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:224:22 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:187:18 PM | 20:438:43 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:453:45+1 AM | 29:105:10+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |