Tuesday 7 October 2003 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 12:1012:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1912:19 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:486:48 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 11 h 24 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:465:46 AM–08:028:02 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Pāśāṅkuśā 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:475:47 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 Dvādaśī | 12:1912:19 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 24:23 00:2312:23 AM Wed | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 06:486:48 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:1912:19 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:304:30 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:546:54 AM | 08:348:34 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:028:02 AM | 08:488:48 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3612:36 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:221:22 PM | 14:072:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:192:19 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:532:53 PM | 17:105:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:534:53 PM | 18:336:33 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:105:10 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:105:10 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:105:10 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1310:13 PM | 23:0311:03 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |