Monday 15 August 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 20:028:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:198:19 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:384:38 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:175:17 AM
Viṣkambha gives way to Prīti.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 11 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:384:38 AM–07:297:29 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā 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
04:384:38 AM to 28:404:40 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 | 20:198:19 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:04 03:043:04 AM Tue | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 05:175:17 AM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:168:16 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:40 04:404:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 03:203:20 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 03:203:20 AM | 03:593:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 03:403:40 AM | 04:384:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 04:384:38 AM | 07:297:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 06:256:25 AM | 08:118:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 07:297:29 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:589:58 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijit | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjya | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:501:50 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:091:09 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:301:30 PM | 15:173:17 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:062:06 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:033:03 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:593:59 PM | 18:506:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:506:50 PM | 20:088:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:506:50 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:506:50 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 22:0610:06 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |