Friday 8 December 2000 · Tehran, Iran
Śukravāra. Dvādaśī began at 21:179:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:008:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:027:02 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:448:44 AM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 49 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:027:02 AM–09:009:00 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Mokṣadā 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
07:027:02 AM to 31:037:03 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 | 20:008:00 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 13:351:35 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 25:14 01:141:14 AM Sat | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:448:44 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:03 07:037:03 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 07:027:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:375:37 AM | 07:027:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:027:02 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:168:16 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:009:00 AM | 09:399:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:399:39 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:341:34 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:232:23 PM | 15:373:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:532:53 PM | 16:514:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:514:51 PM | 18:446:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:514:51 PM | 17:195:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:514:51 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4410:44 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |