Tuesday 3 September 2013 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Trayodaśī began at 16:004:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:405:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturdaśī covers 88 of 88 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚivarātri determinate
At sunrise
05:565:56 AM
Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:405:40 PM
Trayodaśī gives way to Caturdaśī.
Noon
12:2612:26 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 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
05:565:56 AM to 29:575:57 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 Trayodaśī | 17:405:40 PM | Caturdaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | past sunrise | Maghā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 23:4011:40 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:405:40 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:504:50 AM | 05:565:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:565:56 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:328:32 AM | 09:249:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:119:11 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:032:03 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:441:44 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:413:41 PM | 17:185:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 18:556:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:556:55 PM | 20:248:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:556:55 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:556:55 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:077:07 PM | 20:518:51 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:325:32 AM+1 | 31:167:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |