Wednesday 19 March 1969 · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Pratipadā began at 12:5112:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0712:07 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:548:54 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 12 h 03 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 29:385:38 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 | 12:0712:07 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 11:3611:36 AM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 08:548:54 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:0712:07 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:38 05:385:38 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
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 | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:496:49 AM | 08:248:24 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5011:50 PM | 25:271:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |