Tuesday 20 February 1940 · Tehran, Iran
Maṅgalavāra. Dvādaśī began at 02:112:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4311:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:486:48 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:021:02 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
12:1812:18 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 11 h 02 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:347:34 AM–09:009:00 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Jayā 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
06:486:48 AM to 30:466:46 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 Dvādaśī | 23:4311:43 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 25:52 01:521:52 AM Wed | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 23:3711:37 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:021:02 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:045:04 AM | 06:486:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:045:04 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 06:486:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:486:48 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:009:00 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:339:33 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:462:46 PM | 16:144:14 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:043:04 PM | 16:274:27 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 17:505:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:505:50 PM | 19:337:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:505:50 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:505:50 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3811:38 PM | 25:071:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5411:54 PM | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |