Wednesday 21 August 2013 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 21:459:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:586:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:188:18 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 85° above N. Day length 12 h 18 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 29:475:47+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 | 18:586:58 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 24:01 00:0112:01 AM Thu | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 15:543:54 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:188:18 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:47 05:475:47 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 | 04:374:37 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 | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:328:32 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5611:56 AM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:235:23 PM | 18:526:52 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:387:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |