Friday 29 September 1989 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 03:293:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:475:47 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 142 of 142 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:126:12 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:374:37 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 52 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
06:126:12 AM to 30:136:13 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 | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Sat | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 23:4311:43 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 18:366:36 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 16:374:37 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:13 06:136:13 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:594:59 AM | 06:126:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:126:12 AM | 08:358:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:417:41 AM | 09:109:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:358:35 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:358:35 AM | 09:229:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:201:20 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:354:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:423:42 PM | 17:295:29 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:423:42 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |