Wednesday 18 September 1918 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 09:289:28 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:107:10 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:107:10 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 12 h 23 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:106:10 AM–07:107:10 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 07:10. Parivartanī 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
06:106:10 AM to 30:106:10 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 | 07:107:10 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 25:28 01:281:28 AM Thu | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 16:554:55 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 07:107:10 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:005:00 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:127:12 AM | 08:408:40 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 09:159:15 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:541:54 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:583:58 PM | 17:265:26 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 18:326:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:326:32 PM | 20:058:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:326:32 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:326:32 PM | 19:427:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |