Thursday 17 December 2009 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 23:0211:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5512:55+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5511:55 AM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:161:16 PM
The Sun 76° above N. Day length 14 h 46 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:535:53+1 AM
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 | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:04 00:0412:04 AM Fri | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:548:54 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 11:5511:55 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:394:39 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:394:39 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:535:53 AM | 07:447:44 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:316:31 AM | 08:168:16 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:4810:48 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:452:45 PM | 17:425:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:073:07 PM | 16:584:58 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:443:44 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:434:43 PM | 17:425:42 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:025:02 PM | 18:486:48 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:425:42 PM | 20:398:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:398:39 PM | 21:539:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:398:39 PM | 20:588:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:398:39 PM | 21:359:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1810:18 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52+1 AM | 25:401:40+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |