Monday 18 October 2010 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Ekādaśī began at 22:5810:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:321:32 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:097:09 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1412:14 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:5412:54 PM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 11 h 31 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
07:097:09 AM to 31:097:09 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 Ekādaśī | 25:32 01:321:32 AM Tue | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 12:1412:14 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 23:2711:27 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:1512:15 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:097:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:545:54 AM | 07:097:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:097:09 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:358:35 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:5412:54 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:171:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:171:17 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:212:21 PM | 15:473:47 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:557:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:208:20 PM | 22:0810:08 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 25:181:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 31:087:08 AM+1 | 32:568:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |