Wednesday 4 July 2012 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:529:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:107:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:494:49 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:288:28 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 88° above S. Day length 13 h 39 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
04:494:49 AM to 28:494:49 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 Pratipadā | 19:107:10 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 11:5311:53 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 13:501:50 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:288:28 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:49 04:494:49 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:263:26 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:263:26 AM | 04:074:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:463:46 AM | 04:494:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:494:49 AM | 07:327:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:316:31 AM | 08:138:13 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:297:29 AM | 08:578:57 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:327:32 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:569:56 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:443:44 PM | 18:286:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:286:28 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:286:28 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:286:28 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:207:20 PM | 20:508:50 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:174:17 AM+1 | 29:475:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |