Thursday 14 January 2021 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 13:001:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:3211:32 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:587:58 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 56 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 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 Pratipadā | 11:3211:32 AM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 07:587:58 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vajra | 24:34 00:3412:34 AM Fri | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:3211:32 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:217:21 AM | 08:288:28 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2010:20 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5411:54 AM | 13:281:28 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:032:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:541:54 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:302:30 PM | 16:174:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:174:17 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:174:17 PM | 16:474:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:174:17 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:219:21 PM | 22:5510:55 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |