Monday 8 October 1934 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 22:2710:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0511:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 138 of 138 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:206:20 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5010:50 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:0612:06 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 11 h 32 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
06:206:20 AM to 30:216:21 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 | 23:0511:05 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 26:09 02:092:09 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 28:46 04:464:46 AM Tue | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 10:5010:50 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:404:40 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:055:05 AM | 06:206:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:206:20 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:467:46 AM | 09:139:13 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:479:47 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:517:51 PM | 21:329:32 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |