Friday 14 March 1941 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Śukravāra. Pratipadā began at 19:477:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:304:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoVasantotsava determinate
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4412:44 PM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 55 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
06:106:10 AM to 31:097:09 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 Pratipadā | 16:304:30 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 12:4412:44 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 17:295:29 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 16:304:30 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:334:33 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:334:33 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:176:17 AM | 07:437:43 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:397:39 AM | 09:099:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:338:33 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:338:33 AM | 09:219:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3810:38 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:354:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:423:42 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:148:14 PM | 21:399:39 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4311:43 PM | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:475:47 AM+1 | 31:137:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |