Tuesday 22 August 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:169:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:195:19 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0410:04 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 13 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
05:195:19 AM to 29:205:20 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 | 21:169:16 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 13:431:43 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 26:41 02:412:41 AM Wed | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 10:0410:04 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:533:53 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:533:53 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:195:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:195:19 AM | 07:587:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:587:58 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:587:58 AM | 08:518:51 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:5712:57 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5611:56 AM | 13:351:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:143:14 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:543:54 PM | 18:326:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:326:32 PM | 19:597:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:326:32 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:326:32 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:309:30 PM | 23:0311:03 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5210:52 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |