Friday 8 August 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 16:184:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:211:21 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
06:036:03 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:459:45 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 13 h 44 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:036:03 AM–08:488:48 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Putradā 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
06:036:03 AM to 30:036:03+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 Dvādaśī | 13:211:21 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:459:45 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 22:4710:47 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:211:21 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:03 06:036:03 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:414:41 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:414:41 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:036:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:036:03 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:467:46 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:178:17 AM | 09:459:45 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:3211:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:488:48 AM | 09:439:43 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:5512:55 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:221:22 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:172:17 PM | 17:025:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:123:12 PM | 16:074:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:214:21 PM | 18:046:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:025:02 PM | 19:477:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:206:20 PM | 19:467:46 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:477:47 PM | 21:099:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:477:47 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:477:47 PM | 20:498:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31+1 AM | 25:191:19+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:542:54+1 AM | 28:204:20+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |