Saturday 7 December 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śanivāra. Dvādaśī began at 18:156:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:006:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 74 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:146:14 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
05:525:52 AM–08:138:13 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Utpannā 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
05:525:52 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 Dvādaśī | 18:006:00 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Sun | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 14:512:51 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 06:146:14 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:525:52 AM | 07:207:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:525:52 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:106:10 AM | 07:467:46 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:396:39 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:121:12 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:493:49 PM | 17:265:26 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |