Wednesday 15 March 2006 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 19:357:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:589:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
05:595:59 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:488:48 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 81° above S. Day length 12 h 04 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
05:595:59 AM to 29:595:59+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 | 21:589:58 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 15:093:09 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 19:167:16 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:488:48 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 05:595:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:595:59 AM | 08:248:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:047:04 AM | 08:528:52 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:307:30 AM | 09:019:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:248:24 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3110:31 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:321:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:022:02 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2912:29+1 AM | 26:162:16+1 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |