Thursday 28 September 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Guruvāra. Pratipadā began at 03:533:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:102:10+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:067:06 AM
Pratipadā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:582:58 PM
Kiṃstughna gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:041:04 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 11 h 55 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
07:067:06 AM to 31:077:07+1 AM
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 | 26:10 02:102:10 AM Fri | Dvitīyā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Fri | Citrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 21:409:40 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kiṃstughna | 14:582:58 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:07 07:077:07 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:067:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:535:53 AM | 07:067:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:067:06 AM | 09:299:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:067:06 AM | 08:358:35 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:299:29 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:599:59 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:152:15 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:023:02 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:503:50 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:384:38 PM | 19:017:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:017:01 PM | 20:388:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:017:01 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:017:01 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:107:10 PM | 20:428:42 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4012:40+1 AM | 25:281:28+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |