Monday 19 March 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 19:047:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:217:21 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 94 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:188:18 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
13:171:17 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 05 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:147:14 AM–09:399:39 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
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
07:147:14 AM to 31:137:13 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 Dvādaśī | 19:217:21 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 08:188:18 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 29:04 05:045:04 AM Tue | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 19:217:21 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:13 07:137:13 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:395:39 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:395:39 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:036:03 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:147:14 AM | 09:399:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:458:45 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:399:39 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:102:10 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:411:41 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:302:30 PM | 16:554:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:482:48 PM | 16:184:18 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:183:18 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:064:06 PM | 16:554:55 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:554:55 PM | 19:207:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:207:20 PM | 20:558:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:207:20 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:207:20 PM | 20:318:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3210:32 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 25:411:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |