Sunday 7 March 2004 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 04:444:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:263:26 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
06:546:54 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3211:32 AM
Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.
Noon
12:5012:50 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 11 h 51 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
06:546:54 AM to 30:546:54 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 | 27:26 03:263:26 AM Mon | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 11:3211:32 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 28:14 04:144:14 AM Mon | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:084:08 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:54 06:546:54 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:546:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 06:546:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:546:54 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:179:17 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:234:23 PM | 18:456:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:105:10 PM | 17:585:58 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:165:16 PM | 18:456:45 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:316:31 PM | 20:048:04 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:456:45 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:456:45 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:456:45 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 25:131:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:493:49 AM+1 | 29:225:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |