Saturday 7 September 2002 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Śanivāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:422:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:1011:10 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:085:08 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:509:50 AM
Siddha gives way to Sādhya.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 12 h 56 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
05:085:08 AM to 29:105:10+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 | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā | 11:1011:10 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 21:019:01 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 09:509:50 AM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 11:1011:10 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:10 05:105:10 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:403:40 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:403:40 AM | 04:244:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:024:02 AM | 05:085:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:085:08 AM | 07:447:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:085:08 AM | 06:456:45 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:085:08 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:006:00 AM | 06:526:52 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:546:54 AM | 08:198:19 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:447:44 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:141:14 PM | 14:512:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:461:46 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:233:23 PM | 16:474:47 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:337:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:213:21+1 AM | 28:454:45+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |