Friday 8 December 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:474:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:303:30 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0811:08 AM
Varīyān gives way to Parigha.
Noon
13:121:12 PM
The Sun 75° above N. Day length 14 h 41 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
14:402:40 PM–17:365:36 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mokṣadā 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:525:52 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 Dvādaśī | 27:30 03:303:30 AM Sat | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 21:059:05 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 11:0811:08 AM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:144:14 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:564:56 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:488:48 AM | 09:479:47 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:421:42 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:002:00 PM | 15:353:35 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:402:40 PM | 17:365:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:393:39 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:524:52 PM | 18:436:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:095:09 PM | 18:436:43 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:365:36 PM | 20:338:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:338:33 PM | 21:479:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:338:33 PM | 20:518:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:338:33 PM | 21:299:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 25:361:36 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |