Tuesday 30 August 1921 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 01:491:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3310:33 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
05:525:52 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1412:14 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 11 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:007:00 AM–08:308:30 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:535:53 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 | 22:3310:33 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 15:143:14 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 14:512:51 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:1412:14 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:474:47 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:308:30 AM | 09:239:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:099:09 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:062:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:041:04 PM | 14:312:31 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:461:46 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 17:245:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:254:25 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:037:03 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:037:03 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:037:03 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2110:21 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |