Saturday 14 May 2011 · Tehran, Iran
Śanivāra. Dvādaśī began at 04:244:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:121:12 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Dvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoRukmiṇī Dvādaśī determinate
At sunrise
06:016:01 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:492:49 PM
Bava gives way to Bālava.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 00 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
14:252:25 PM–17:135:13 PM In aparāhṇa: hari vāsara, the first quarter of dvādaśī, runs past prātaḥkāla, and midday is passed over. Mohinī 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
06:016:01 AM to 30:006:00 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 | 25:12 01:121:12 AM Sun | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:37 00:3712:37 AM Sun | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 20:038:03 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:492:49 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:414:41 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:414:41 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:016:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:016:01 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:016:01 AM | 07:467:46 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:016:01 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:576:57 AM | 07:537:53 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3410:34 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 17:135:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:462:46 PM | 16:314:31 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:213:21 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:135:13 PM | 20:018:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:137:13 PM | 20:398:39 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:018:01 PM | 21:219:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:018:01 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:018:01 PM | 21:019:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 25:251:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |