Monday 29 March 2021 · Erbil, Iraq
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:489:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:256:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:088:08 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 28 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:535:53+1 AM
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 | 18:256:25 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 12:3212:32 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 15:233:23 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:088:08 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:107:10 AM | 08:368:36 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:287:28 AM | 09:029:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:241:24 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:431:43 PM | 15:163:16 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:043:04 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:533:53 PM | 18:236:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:236:23 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:236:23 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:236:23 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:397:39 PM | 21:049:04 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4411:44 PM | 24:3212:32+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:104:10+1 AM | 29:365:36+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |