Saturday 28 July 2018 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 16:204:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:516:51 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvitīyā is current at moonrise. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:076:07 PM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
11:5911:59 AM
The Sun 78° above N. Day length 12 h 25 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:475:47 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 | Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā | 18:516:51 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 18:076:07 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 27:30 03:303:30 AM Sun | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 18:516:51 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:465:46 AM | 07:207:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:465:46 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:236:23 AM | 08:128:12 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:366:36 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:538:53 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:447:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3610:36 PM | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:2312:23 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |