Monday 15 March 1999 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 08:468:46 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:188:18 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:536:53 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 11 h 59 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:256:25 AM–08:188:18 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:18. Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
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
06:256:25 AM to 30:246:24 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 | Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī | 08:188:18 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 06:536:53 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 12:1912:19 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:188:18 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:24 06:246:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:494:49 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:494:49 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:135:13 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:259:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:541:54 PM | 15:243:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:242:24 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:123:12 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:004:00 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 20:008:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:128:12 PM | 21:469:46 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |