Thursday 7 November 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Guruvāra. Dvādaśī began at 23:3911:39 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:4912:49+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:415:41 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:449:44 AM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 11 h 50 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:575:57 AM–08:038:03 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Ramā Ekādaśī
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
05:415:41 AM to 29:415:41+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 Dvādaśī | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Fri | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 12:5112:51 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 09:449:44 AM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:1912:19 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:415:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:415:41 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:415:41 AM | 07:107:10 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:389:38 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:051:05 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:222:22 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:325:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:325:32 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:325:32 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:325:32 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:449:44 PM | 23:2511:25 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |