Thursday 20 April 1939 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 00:3512:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2312:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:275:27 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3212:32 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 13 h 00 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
05:275:27 AM to 29:265:26 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 | 24:23 00:2312:23 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 14:372:37 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Prīti | 26:35 02:352:35 AM Fri | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 12:3212:32 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:593:59 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:593:59 AM | 04:434:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:214:21 AM | 05:275:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:275:27 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:275:27 AM | 07:057:05 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:137:13 AM | 08:528:52 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:428:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:479:47 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3110:31 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:351:35 PM | 15:123:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:592:59 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 18:276:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:276:27 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:276:27 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:276:27 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 25:551:55 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |