Friday 16 January 2015 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śukravāra. Ekādaśī began at 07:527:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:107:10 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoṢaṭtilā Ekādaśī determinate
At sunrise
07:597:59 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1911:19 AM
Viśākhā gives way to Anurādhā.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 01 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
07:597:59 AM to 31:597:59 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 Ekādaśī | 31:10 07:107:10 AM Sat | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 11:1911:19 AM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 25:22 01:221:22 AM Sat | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 19:377:37 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:59 07:597:59 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:597:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:076:07 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:356:35 AM | 07:597:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:597:59 AM | 09:599:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:599:59 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:599:59 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:191:19 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:173:17 PM | 16:524:52 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:293:29 PM | 16:444:44 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 25:231:23 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 26:232:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |