Sunday 12 January 2014 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 15:213:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:295:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:086:08 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:283:28 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:0112:01 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:086:08 AM–08:298:29 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā Ekādaśī
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
06:086:08 AM to 30:096:09 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 Dvādaśī | 17:295:29 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 19:047:04 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 15:283:28 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:295:29 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:09 06:096:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:304:30 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:304:30 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:086:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:086:08 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:313:31 PM | 17:175:17 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 17:545:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:204:20 PM | 17:075:07 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 17:545:54 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:545:54 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:545:54 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:545:54 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 27:063:06 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |