Tuesday 29 December 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ekādaśī began at 01:191:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3110:31 PM.
At sunrise
08:258:25 AM
Ekādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5711:57 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
13:151:15 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 40 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 Ekādaśī | 22:3110:31 PM | Dvādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 23:5311:53 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 23:0311:03 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:5711:57 AM | Viṣṭi |
| 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 | 07:277:27 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 |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2110:21 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2110:21 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4510:45 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5010:50 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:272:27 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:403:40 PM | 16:524:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:094:09 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 20:008:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:307:30 PM | 20:588:58 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |