Friday 31 October 1997 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 08:148:14 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0110:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoBali Pūjā determinate
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:546:54 AM
Prīti gives way to Āyuṣmān.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 70° 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47 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 Amāvasyā | 10:0110:01 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 21:209:20 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 06:546:54 AM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 10:0110:01 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:468:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:108:10 AM | 08:578:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:301:30 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:134:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:203:20 AM+1 | 29:035:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |