Sunday 6 April 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 23:5511:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:398:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1910:19 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 90° above S. Day length 12 h 13 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
05:495:49 AM to 29:485:48+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 | 20:398:39 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 11:3811:38 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 21:519:51 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:1910:19 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:289:28 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:582:58 PM | 16:304:30 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 18:016:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:244:24 PM | 17:125:12 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:304:30 PM | 18:016:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:016:01 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:016:01 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:016:01 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:372:37+1 AM | 28:034:03+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:285:28+1 AM | 30:546:54+1 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |