Saturday 5 June 1971 · Tehran, Iran
Śanivāra. Dvādaśī began at 00:2112:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:581:58 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:494:49 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:219:21 AM
Citrā gives way to Svātī.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 14 h 27 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:456:45 AM–07:437:43 AM Once hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, is over, within prātaḥkāla. Nirjalā 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
04:494:49 AM to 28:494:49 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 | 25:58 01:581:58 AM Sun | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 09:219:21 AM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 14:342:34 PM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:131:13 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 28:49 04:494:49 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:333:33 AM | 04:114:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:523:52 AM | 04:494:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:494:49 AM | 07:437:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 04:494:49 AM | 06:376:37 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 04:494:49 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:475:47 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:437:43 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:403:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:263:26 PM | 17:105:10 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:234:23 PM | 19:167:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:167:16 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:167:16 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:167:16 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:511:51 AM+1 | 27:353:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |