Wednesday 23 May 2012 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Tṛtīyā began at 00:2712:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:192:19 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Tṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:558:55 AM
Mṛgaśirā gives way to Ārdrā.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 76° above N. Day length 12 h 27 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36 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 Tṛtīyā | 26:19 02:192:19 AM Thu | Caturthī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 08:558:55 AM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 11:1211:12 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 13:261:26 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:365:36 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:438:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 13:231:23 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:041:04 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:086:08 PM | 19:537:53 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 26:022:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |