Thursday 27 October 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 03:563:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1112:11 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
06:506:50 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:022:02 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 41 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
06:506:50 AM to 30:516:51 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 | Śukla Pratipadā | 24:11 00:1112:11 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 21:149:14 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 16:404:40 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 14:022:02 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:51 06:516:51 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:045:04 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:045:04 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 06:506:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:506:50 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:108:10 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:309:30 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:321:32 PM | 14:562:56 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:402:40 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:233:23 PM | 17:315:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:315:31 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:315:31 PM | 17:585:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:315:31 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:122:12 AM+1 | 27:373:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |