Monday 15 March 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Dvādaśī began at 08:468:46 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:188:18 AM.
Observed here on this day
Trayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Dvādaśī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:188:18 AM
Dvādaśī gives way to Trayodaśī.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 11 h 54 m.
Ekādaśī pāraṇa · break the fast
07:257:25 AM–08:188:18 AM In prātaḥkāla, the first fifth of the day, ending when dvādaśī ends at 08:18. Pāpamocanī 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:247:24 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 | 08:188:18 AM | Trayodaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 30:23 06:236:23 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 12:1912:19 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:188:18 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:485:48 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:485:48 AM | 06:376:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:136:13 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:489:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:558:55 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:489:48 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:461:46 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:342:34 PM | 16:574:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:213:21 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:094:09 PM | 16:574:57 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:574:57 PM | 19:197:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:197:19 PM | 20:568:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:197:19 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:197:19 PM | 20:328:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:128:12 PM | 21:469:46 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |