Saturday 14 January 2006 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 05:485:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:507:50+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0612:06 PM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 46 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
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06:096:09 AM to 30:096:09+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 | past sunrise | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 12:0612:06 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Sun | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 18:466:46 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:09 06:096:09 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:096:09 AM | 07:377:37 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:096:09 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:566:56 AM | 07:437:43 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:059:05 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:299:29 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 14:582:58 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 17:555:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:555:55 PM | 19:337:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:555:55 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:555:55 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:588:58 PM | 22:4410:44 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |