Thursday 21 December 2006 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 10:0110:01 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:189:18 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:595:59 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:189:18 AM
Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.
Noon
11:5111:51 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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 30:006:00 AM+1
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 | 09:189:18 AM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:23 01:231:23 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 15:063:06 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 09:189:18 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:595:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:595:59 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:595:59 AM | 07:277:27 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:558:55 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:549:54 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:191:19 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:352:35 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:217:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:398:39 PM | 22:1310:13 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |