Thursday 22 September 1949 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:5511:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:218:21 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 146 of 146 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1010:10 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 12 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:066:06 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 | 20:218:21 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 26:41 02:412:41 AM Fri | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śubha | 12:2412:24 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 10:1010:10 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:056:05 AM | 07:377:37 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:089:08 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0910:09 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5211:52 AM | 13:171:17 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:241:24 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:421:42 PM | 15:133:13 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:013:01 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:166:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:166:16 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:166:16 PM | 18:406:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:166:16 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:208:20 PM | 21:459:45 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |