Saturday 7 August 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śanivāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:0511:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:528:52 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 2 of 80 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:596:59 AM
Mṛgaśirā gives way to Ārdrā.
Noon
12:3312:33 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 14 h 04 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:305:30 AM–08:198:19 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Kāmikā Ekādaśī
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
05:305:30 AM to 29:315:31 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 Dvādaśī | 20:528:52 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 06:596:59 AM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 22:1110:11 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:0410:04 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 08:198:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:305:30 AM | 07:167:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:305:30 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:276:27 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:198:19 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:019:01 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:571:57 PM | 16:464:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:182:18 PM | 16:034:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:482:48 PM | 16:184:18 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:532:53 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:464:46 PM | 19:347:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:347:34 PM | 20:548:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:347:34 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:347:34 PM | 20:348:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:018:01 PM | 21:309:30 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |