Sunday 24 August 1969 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 02:302:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1711:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:315:31 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5512:55 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 76° above S. Day length 12 h 48 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:427:42 AM–08:058:05 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. 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
05:315:31 AM to 29:325:32+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 | 23:1711:17 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 14:372:37 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 23:1111:11 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:5512:55 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:464:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:244:24 AM | 05:315:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:315:31 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1710:17 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:311:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:073:07 PM | 16:434:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:196:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:374:37 PM | 17:285:28 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:434:43 PM | 18:196:19 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:196:19 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:196:19 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:196:19 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:479:47 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |