Wednesday 6 September 2006 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Trayodaśī began at 13:011:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 09:549:54 AM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī does not reach the first three muhūrtas after sunrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:065:06 AM
Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:346:34 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 13 h 05 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
05:065:06 AM to 29:075:07+1 AM
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 | 09:549:54 AM | Caturdaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 06:346:34 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 17:445:44 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 09:549:54 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:07 05:075:07 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:393:39 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:393:39 AM | 04:224:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:004:00 AM | 05:065:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:065:06 AM | 07:437:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:446:44 AM | 08:228:22 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:437:43 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:161:16 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 18:106:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:106:10 PM | 19:387:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:106:10 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:106:10 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:406:40 PM | 20:058:05 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |