Tuesday 16 January 1968 · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 00:1112:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0112:01 AM+1.
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0912:09 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 04 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 24:01 00:0112:01 AM Wed | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 28:30 04:304:30 AM Wed | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 18:536:53 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:0912:09 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:125:12 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:125:12 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:415:41 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:009:00 AM | 09:369:36 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:279:27 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:541:54 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3712:37 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:591:59 PM | 15:073:07 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:262:26 PM | 16:154:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:154:15 PM | 18:146:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:154:15 PM | 16:454:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:154:15 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0110:01 PM | 23:3811:38 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1310:13 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |