Monday 15 December 1997 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Pratipadā began at 10:3710:37 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:289:28 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:289:28 AM
Pratipadā gives way to Dvitīyā.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 42 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50+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 | 09:289:28 AM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 25:08 01:081:08 AM Tue | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Śukla | 25:14 01:141:14 AM Tue | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:289:28 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:295:29 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:309:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:389:38 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5010:50 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:402:40 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:123:12 PM | 16:474:47 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:233:23 PM | 17:315:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:315:31 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:315:31 PM | 17:585:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:315:31 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |