Monday 18 August 1997 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 22:3010:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:556:55 PM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 611 of 1441 minutes of the day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
05:345:34 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:365:36 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 35 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
05:345:34 AM to 29:355:35 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 | 18:556:55 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 05:365:36 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 23:4611:46 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:448:44 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:35 05:355:35 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:345:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:534:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:345:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:345:34 AM | 08:178:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:588:58 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:178:17 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:089:08 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:042:04 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:372:37 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:097:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:365:36 PM | 19:017:01 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:097:09 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:097:09 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:097:09 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |