Sunday 23 December 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Ekādaśī began at 05:195:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:497:49 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:517:51 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:155:15 PM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
13:081:08 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 34 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
07:517:51 AM to 31:527:52 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 | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Mon | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 17:155:15 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 27:21 03:213:21 AM Mon | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 18:326:32 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:52 07:527:52 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:046:04 AM | 07:517:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:046:04 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:306:30 AM | 07:517:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:517:51 AM | 09:589:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:149:14 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:589:58 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:352:35 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:081:08 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:122:12 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:065:06 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 18:266:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:015:01 PM | 17:435:43 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:065:06 PM | 18:266:26 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:266:26 PM | 20:138:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:266:26 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:266:26 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:044:04 AM+1 | 29:525:52 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |