Monday 21 September 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 13:011:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:113:11 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2112:21 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 84° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:425:42+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 | Śukla Pratipadā | 15:113:11 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 28:25 04:254:25 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 12:2112:21 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:113:11 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:074:07 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:074:07 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:137:13 AM | 08:448:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5812:58 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:161:16 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:471:47 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:352:35 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:495:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:495:49 PM | 19:247:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:495:49 PM | 18:136:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:495:49 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:439:43 PM | 23:3011:30 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |