Sunday 9 August 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 10:1010:10 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:048:04 AM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:304:30 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:048:04 AM
Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 14 h 30 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
04:304:30 AM to 28:314:31 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 | Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā | 08:048:04 AM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 11:5511:55 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 23:3911:39 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 08:048:04 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:31 04:314:31 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:143:14 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:143:14 AM | 03:523:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:333:33 AM | 04:304:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:304:30 AM | 07:247:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:247:24 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4511:45 AM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 17:125:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:064:06 PM | 19:007:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:045:04 PM | 18:026:02 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:125:12 PM | 19:007:00 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:376:37 PM | 20:078:07 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:007:00 PM | 20:168:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:007:00 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:007:00 PM | 19:577:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:343:34 AM+1 | 29:035:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |