Thursday 28 September 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 06:536:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:105:10 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:017:01 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:585:58 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:111:11 PM
The Sun 54° above N. Day length 12 h 21 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
07:017:01 AM to 30:596:59 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 | 29:10 05:105:10 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 27:55 03:553:55 AM Fri | Citrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Fri | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 17:585:58 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:017:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:017:01 AM | 09:299:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:017:01 AM | 08:338:33 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:299:29 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0610:06 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:312:31 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 16:534:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:442:44 PM | 16:164:16 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:044:04 PM | 16:534:53 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:534:53 PM | 19:217:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:217:21 PM | 20:558:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:217:21 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:217:21 PM | 20:318:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1010:10 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |