Tuesday 29 August 1939 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 03:433:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:096:09 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 768 of 1441 minutes of the day. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:564:56 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 13 h 11 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:445:44 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | past sunrise | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 18:046:04 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 20:178:17 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:564:56 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:44 05:445:44 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 08:228:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:236:23 AM | 08:118:11 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:228:22 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:228:22 AM | 09:149:14 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:019:01 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:581:58 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:373:37 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:556:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:556:55 PM | 20:218:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:556:55 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:556:55 PM | 20:008:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1511:15 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:092:09 AM+1 | 27:573:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |