Friday 14 December 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 16:424:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:001:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:417:41 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:001:00 PM
Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 20 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
07:417:41 AM to 31:427:42 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 | 13:001:00 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 17:245:24 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 19:157:15 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:001:00 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:42 07:427:42 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:445:44 AM | 07:417:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:445:44 AM | 06:436:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:136:13 AM | 07:417:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:417:41 AM | 09:339:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:518:51 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:339:33 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:339:33 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:111:11 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 15:523:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:025:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:593:59 PM | 17:245:24 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:025:02 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:025:02 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:025:02 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:561:56 AM+1 | 27:223:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |