Tuesday 27 January 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 15:553:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:515:51 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:407:40 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:231:23 PM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 59 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
07:407:40 AM to 31:407:40+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 | 17:515:51 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 13:231:23 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Wed | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:515:51 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:40 07:407:40 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:485:48 AM | 07:407:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:485:48 AM | 06:446:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:166:16 AM | 07:407:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:407:40 AM | 09:409:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:409:40 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:409:40 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:551:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:401:40 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:093:09 PM | 16:244:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:445:44 PM | 19:287:28 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1512:15+1 AM | 25:031:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:104:10+1 AM | 29:545:54+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |