Friday 26 September 2003 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 13:461:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0911:09 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0911:09 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
05:305:30 AM to 29:315:31 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 | 11:0911:09 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 13:151:15 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 15:063:06 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 11:0911:09 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:543:54 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:543:54 AM | 04:424:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:184:18 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:376:37 AM | 08:068:06 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:007:00 AM | 08:308:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:547:54 AM | 08:428:42 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4212:42 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:301:30 PM | 14:182:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:302:30 PM | 16:004:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:063:06 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:545:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:548:54 PM | 22:2110:21 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |