Wednesday 21 June 2017 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:5912:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:459:45 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
03:473:47 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2511:25 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 15 h 49 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:106:10 AM–06:576:57 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Yoginī 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
03:473:47 AM to 27:473:47 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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī | 21:459:45 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 15:573:57 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 16:534:53 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 11:2511:25 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 27:47 03:473:47 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:422:42 AM | 03:473:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:422:42 AM | 03:143:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 02:582:58 AM | 03:473:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:473:47 AM | 06:576:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:465:46 AM | 07:447:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:576:57 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:031:03 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:401:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:171:17 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 20:428:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:362:36 AM+1 | 28:014:01 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |