Tuesday 21 August 1956 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 12:3512:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:382:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 552 of 1441 minutes of the day. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa boundary
At sunrise
05:255:25 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:557:55 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 13 h 46 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
05:255:25 AM to 29:275:27 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 | 14:382:38 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 17:385:38 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 07:557:55 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:382:38 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:27 05:275:27 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:255:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:454:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:244:24 AM | 05:255:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:255:25 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:076:07 AM | 07:537:53 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:118:11 AM | 09:069:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:528:52 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1812:18 PM | 14:012:01 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:411:41 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 17:285:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:117:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:117:11 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:117:11 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:117:11 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1711:17 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 27:163:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |