Tuesday 1 October 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:241:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:419:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 142 of 142 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3411:34 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
13:081:08 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 48 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
07:147:14 AM to 31:157:15 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 | 21:419:41 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 13:341:34 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 26:11 02:112:11 AM Wed | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 11:3411:34 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:15 07:157:15 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:365:36 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:365:36 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:016:01 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:147:14 AM | 09:359:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:359:35 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:359:35 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:311:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:081:08 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:182:18 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:063:06 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 16:054:05 PM | 17:335:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:404:40 PM | 19:027:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:027:02 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:027:02 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:027:02 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 20:558:55 PM | 22:2010:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 25:321:32 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 29:205:20 AM+1 | 30:446:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |