Monday 14 January 2002 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 00:2912:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:561:56 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:146:14 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:091:09 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:291:29 PM
The Sun 74° above N. Day length 14 h 30 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
06:146:14 AM to 30:156:15 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 | 25:56 01:561:56 AM Tue | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 21:169:16 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 14:552:55 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 13:091:09 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:584:58 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:584:58 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:146:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:146:14 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:028:02 AM | 09:519:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:051:05 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:581:58 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:222:22 PM | 16:054:05 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:562:56 PM | 17:505:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:183:18 PM | 17:065:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:543:54 PM | 16:524:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:524:52 PM | 17:505:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:505:50 PM | 20:448:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:448:44 PM | 22:0010:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:448:44 PM | 21:039:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:448:44 PM | 21:419:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:051:05 AM+1 | 25:531:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 27:233:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |