Tuesday 30 December 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pratipadā began at 00:5712:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2811:28 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
08:258:25 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1512:15 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:151:15 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.
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
08:258:25 AM to 32:258:25 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 Pratipadā | 23:2811:28 PM | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:3810:38 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 19:467:46 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 12:1512:15 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 32:25 08:258:25 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:306:30 AM | 08:258:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:306:30 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:596:59 AM | 08:258:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:258:25 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:438:43 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2110:21 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5010:50 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5612:56 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:413:41 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:006:00 PM | 19:337:33 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 20:008:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 25:401:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:166:16 AM+1 | 31:477:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |