aho tri-yamantarita

 udvaho me ’lpa-radhasah

nagacchaty aravindakso

 naham vedmy atra karanam

so ’pi navartate ’dyapi

 mat-sandesa-haro dvijah

 

Translation: 

 

[Princess Rukmini thought:] Alas, my wedding is to take place when the night ends! How unlucky I am! Lotus-eyed Krsna does not come. I don’t know why. And even the brahmana messenger has not yet returned.

 

Purport: 

 

It is apparent from this verse, as confirmed by Srila Sridhara Svami, that the present scene takes place before sunrise.