Wednesday 17 October 2001 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 15:233:23 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3412:34 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3412:34 PM
Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 11 h 57 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:395:39+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 | 12:3412:34 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 25:08 01:081:08 AM Thu | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 13:071:07 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:3412:34 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:078:07 AM | 09:369:36 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:005:00 PM | 18:286:28 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:137:13 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 | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |