Tuesday 10 March 2009 · Brooklyn, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 00:3812:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3810:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 140 of 140 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3511:35 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:061:06 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 11 h 42 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:147:14+1 AM
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 | 22:3810:38 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 22:3710:37 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 11:5911:59 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:3511:35 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:14 07:147:14 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:375:37 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:375:37 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:026:02 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:369:36 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:297:29 AM | 09:009:00 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:369:36 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:369:36 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:162:16 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:033:03 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:024:02 PM | 17:295:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:344:34 PM | 18:056:05 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 18:576:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:576:57 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:576:57 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:576:57 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4112:41+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4212:42+1 AM | 25:301:30+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:335:33+1 AM | 31:067:06+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |