Monday 21 September 1998 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 14:012:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:114:11 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:211:21 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:306:30+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 | 16:114:11 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 13:211:21 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:114:11 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:195:19 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:306:30 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:018:01 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0311:03 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:471:47 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:461:46 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:353:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:233:23 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 18:376:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:376:37 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:376:37 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:376:37 PM | 19:487:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4310:43 PM | 24:3012:30+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 24:5812:58+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |