Tuesday 7 April 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ekādaśī began at 18:286:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:248:24 PM.
At sunrise
05:105:10 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:227:22 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 13 h 06 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
05:105:10 AM to 29:085:08 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 Ekādaśī | 20:248:24 PM | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 09:079:07 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 21:409:40 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 07:227:22 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:08 05:085:08 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:423:42 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:423:42 AM | 04:264:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:044:04 AM | 05:105:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:105:10 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:227:22 AM | 09:079:07 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:477:47 AM | 08:398:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:592:59 PM | 16:384:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 18:166:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:166:16 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:166:16 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:166:16 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2810:28 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |