Sunday 17 December 2006 · Tehran, Iran
Ravivāra. Dvādaśī began at 14:502:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:264:26 PM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:264:26 PM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
12:0012:00 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 44 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:087:08 AM–09:059:05 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day. Saphalā 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 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 Dvādaśī | 16:264:26 PM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | past sunrise | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 27:45 03:453:45 AM Mon | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:264:26 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:059:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:059:05 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:301:30 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:381:38 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:262:26 PM | 15:393:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:562:56 PM | 16:524:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:144:14 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 16:524:52 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:524:52 PM | 18:476:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:524:52 PM | 17:215:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:524:52 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0410:04 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |