Wednesday 4 April 2012 · Tehran, Iran
Budhavāra. Dvādaśī began at 11:2311:23 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:189:18 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚukla Pradoṣa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:516:51 AM
Maghā gives way to Pūrva Phalgunī.
Noon
13:071:07 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 12 h 42 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
06:476:47 AM–09:189:18 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 09:18. Kāmadā 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:456:45 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 | 09:189:18 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 06:516:51 AM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 21:219:21 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 09:189:18 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:45 06:456:45 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:165:16 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:165:16 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:395:39 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:476:47 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:228:22 AM | 09:579:57 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:199:19 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 11:3211:32 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kāla | 13:081:08 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Varjya | 14:132:13 PM | 15:413:41 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:242:24 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:143:14 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:564:56 PM | 19:287:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:287:28 PM | 20:598:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:287:28 PM | 19:517:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:287:28 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 23:0311:03 PM | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |