Saturday 21 March 2015 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śanivāra. Pratipadā began at 17:365:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:022:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:536:53 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:217:21 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:5712:57 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 08 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
06:536:53 AM to 30:526:52 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 | Śukla Pratipadā | 14:022:02 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 11:3211:32 AM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:217:21 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:022:02 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:52 06:526:52 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:536:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 06:536:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:536:53 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:536:53 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:536:53 AM | 07:427:42 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:187:18 AM | 08:438:43 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:427:42 AM | 08:308:30 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 15:593:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:582:58 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:354:35 PM | 19:017:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:017:01 PM | 20:368:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:017:01 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:017:01 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1610:16 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 25:201:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:516:51 AM+1 | 32:178:17 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |