Thursday 14 January 2010 · Brooklyn, New York, United States
Guruvāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:4211:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:112:11 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:599:59 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:0512:05 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:187:18 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 | 26:11 02:112:11 AM Fri | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 17:235:23 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 09:599:59 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 12:5512:55 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:235:23 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:235:23 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 08:308:30 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:139:13 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:429:42 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2910:29 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:481:48 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:171:17 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:192:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:192:19 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:572:57 PM | 16:524:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:524:52 PM | 18:476:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:524:52 PM | 17:215:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:524:52 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4111:41 PM | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:232:23 AM+1 | 28:114:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |