Sunday 20 May 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Ekādaśī began at 21:489:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:129:12 PM.
At sunrise
05:085:08 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:166:16 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 14 h 32 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
05:085:08 AM to 29:075:07+1 AM
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 Ekādaśī | 21:129:12 PM | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 06:166:16 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Vajra | 13:391:39 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:279:27 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:07 05:075:07 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:523:52 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:523:52 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:114:11 AM | 05:085:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:085:08 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:122:12 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:454:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:462:46 PM | 16:234:23 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:014:01 PM | 17:505:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:454:45 PM | 19:397:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:435:43 PM | 18:416:41 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:505:50 PM | 19:397:39 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:397:39 PM | 20:558:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:397:39 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:397:39 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2912:29+1 AM | 26:062:06+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |