Wednesday 10 April 2013 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 05:355:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:296:29 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5911:59 AM
Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.
Noon
11:5411:54 AM
The Sun 89° above N. Day length 12 h 14 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:465:46 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 | past sunrise | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 11:5911:59 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 17:295:29 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 17:585:58 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:508:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:289:28 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5411:54 AM | 13:261:26 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:016:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:016:01 PM | 19:357:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:016:01 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:016:01 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |