Monday 20 October 1941 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 02:422:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:2011:20 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:327:32 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0312:03 PM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 02 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
07:327:32 AM to 31:337:33 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 | 23:2011:20 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 27:58 03:583:58 AM Tue | Svātī |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 12:0312:03 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 13:031:03 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:33 07:337:33 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:485:48 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:485:48 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:146:14 AM | 07:327:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:327:32 AM | 09:449:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:558:55 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:449:44 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:031:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:251:25 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 13:441:44 PM | 15:103:10 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:092:09 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 14:262:26 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:532:53 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:373:37 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:214:21 PM | 18:346:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:346:34 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:346:34 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:346:34 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 22:1610:16 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |