Tuesday 20 May 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Trayodaśī began at 16:364:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:275:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 70 of 70 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:014:01 AM
Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:075:07 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 11 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
04:014:01 AM to 28:004:00 AM+1
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 Trayodaśī | 17:275:27 PM | Caturdaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 08:078:07 AM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 16:344:34 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 05:075:07 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:512:51 AM | 04:014:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:512:51 AM | 03:263:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:083:08 AM | 04:014:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:014:01 AM | 07:037:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:037:03 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:037:03 AM | 08:048:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:497:49 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:311:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:581:58 PM | 15:393:39 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 17:195:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 19:127:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:127:12 PM | 20:238:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:127:12 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:127:12 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 25:411:41 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |