Thursday 29 December 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 02:532:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:194:19 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:036:03 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:393:39 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
06:036:03 AM to 30:046:04 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 | 28:19 04:194:19 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:43 03:433:43 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Fri | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 15:393:39 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:04 06:046:04 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:036:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:036:03 AM | 08:248:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:036:03 AM | 07:317:31 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:248:24 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:598:59 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:589:58 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:531:53 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:051:05 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:231:23 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:392:39 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:263:26 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:257:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3210:32 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |