Tuesday 17 December 1957 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ekādaśī began at 20:518:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:047:04 PM.
At sunrise
07:437:43 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:567:56 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 19 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
07:437:43 AM to 31:447:44 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 Ekādaśī | 19:047:04 PM | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 29:27 05:275:27 AM Wed | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 25:33 01:331:33 AM Wed | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:567:56 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:44 07:447:44 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:465:46 AM | 07:437:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:465:46 AM | 06:446:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:156:15 AM | 07:437:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:437:43 AM | 09:359:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:359:35 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:359:35 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:221:22 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 15:523:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:025:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:025:02 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:025:02 PM | 17:325:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:025:02 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:029:02 PM | 22:3310:33 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |