Wednesday 19 March 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Trayodaśī began at 01:391:39 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:351:35+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:326:32 AM
Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:341:34 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 12 h 05 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
06:326:32 AM to 30:316:31+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 Trayodaśī | 25:35 01:351:35 AM Thu | Caturdaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 28:57 04:574:57 AM Thu | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Thu | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:341:34 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:31 06:316:31 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:574:57 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:574:57 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:326:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:326:32 AM | 08:578:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:038:03 AM | 09:349:34 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:578:57 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:062:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:134:13 PM | 18:386:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:394:39 PM | 18:176:17 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:386:38 PM | 20:138:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:386:38 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:386:38 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 24:5812:58+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:302:30+1 AM | 28:084:08+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |