Sunday 21 March 2004 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Ravivāra. Pratipadā began at 04:114:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:264:26+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:426:42 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:243:24 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 69° 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
06:426:42 AM to 30:416:41+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 Pratipadā | 28:26 04:264:26 AM Mon | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 22:3810:38 PM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 15:243:24 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 16:144:14 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:41 06:416:41 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:075:07 AM | 06:426:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:075:07 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:315:31 AM | 06:426:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:426:42 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:487:48 AM | 09:279:27 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:172:17 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:483:48 PM | 17:195:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:506:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:135:13 PM | 18:016:01 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:195:19 PM | 18:506:50 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:425:42 PM | 19:207:20 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:506:50 PM | 20:258:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:506:50 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:506:50 PM | 20:018:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |