Monday 13 January 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Trayodaśī began at 05:295:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:517:51 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
07:487:48 AM
Trayodaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:396:39 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 35 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
07:487:48 AM to 31:487:48 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 Trayodaśī | past sunrise | Caturdaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | past sunrise | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 28:09 04:094:09 AM Tue | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 18:396:39 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:48 07:487:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:535:53 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:535:53 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:191:19 PM | 15:063:06 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:331:33 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:471:47 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:502:50 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:283:28 PM | 17:235:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:235:23 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:235:23 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:235:23 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 25:501:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |