Sunday 31 August 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 03:583:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:572:57+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:243:24 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 13 h 06 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:555:55+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 Pratipadā | 26:57 02:572:57 AM Mon | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 26:48 02:482:48 AM Mon | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 24:27 00:2712:27 AM Mon | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 15:243:24 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:052:05 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:433:43 PM | 17:225:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:234:23 PM | 19:007:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:155:15 PM | 18:076:07 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:225:22 PM | 19:007:00 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:007:00 PM | 20:278:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:007:00 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:007:00 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:298:29 PM | 22:0410:04 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |