Monday 29 August 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 17:525:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:005:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 84 of 84 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:564:56 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:235:23 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 13 h 28 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
04:564:56 AM–07:387:38 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Ajā 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
04:564:56 AM to 28:584:58 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 Dvādaśī | 17:005:00 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 11:3311:33 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 13:331:33 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 05:235:23 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:58 04:584:58 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 03:323:32 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 03:323:32 AM | 04:144:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 03:533:53 AM | 04:564:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 04:564:56 AM | 07:387:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 06:376:37 AM | 08:188:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 07:387:38 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 09:119:11 AM | 10:4610:46 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijit | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:011:01 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:211:21 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:492:49 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:433:43 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:256:25 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:256:25 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:256:25 PM | 19:287:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 19:367:36 PM | 21:139:13 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |