Tuesday 9 October 2018 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 23:4711:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:569:56 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4810:48 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40 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 | 21:569:56 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 25:31 01:311:31 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 26:28 02:282:28 AM Wed | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:4810:48 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:528:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:408:40 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:247:24 PM | 20:568:56 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2810:28 PM | 23:1611:16 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |