Friday 6 March 2015 · Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 21:059:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4311:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:049:04 AM
Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:047:04+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 | Kṛṣṇa Pratipadā | 23:4311:43 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 09:049:04 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śūla | past sunrise | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:2410:24 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:285:28 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:285:28 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:057:05 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:348:34 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:279:27 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3211:32 AM | 13:021:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:251:25 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:004:00 PM | 17:295:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:364:36 PM | 18:586:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:115:11 PM | 18:596:59 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:586:58 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:586:58 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:586:58 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 25:251:25+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:004:00+1 AM | 29:485:48+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |