Thursday 28 September 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 03:533:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:102:10 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:355:35 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:582:58 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 51 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
05:355:35 AM to 29:365:36 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 Pratipadā | 26:10 02:102:10 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Fri | Citrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 21:409:40 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 14:582:58 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:583:58 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:583:58 AM | 04:464:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:355:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:355:35 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:355:35 AM | 07:047:04 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:328:32 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:329:32 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:599:59 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4112:41 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:291:29 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:162:16 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:265:26 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:265:26 PM | 17:505:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:265:26 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:107:10 PM | 20:428:42 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |