Friday 23 January 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 05:475:47 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:288:28 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 113 of 113 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:437:43 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:288:28 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 51 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 31:437:43+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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī | 08:288:28 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 29:10 05:105:10 AM Sat | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 29:08 05:085:08 AM Sat | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:288:28 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:43 07:437:43 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:505:50 AM | 07:437:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:505:50 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:186:18 AM | 07:437:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:437:43 AM | 09:429:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:578:57 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:429:42 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:429:42 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:5512:55 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:073:07 PM | 16:204:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:363:36 PM | 17:345:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:345:34 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:345:34 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:345:34 PM | 18:596:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:579:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 25:021:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:223:22+1 AM | 29:105:10+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |