Monday 8 April 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 10:3310:33 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:1810:18 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:225:22 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1810:18 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 02 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
05:225:22 AM to 29:205:20 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 Daśamī | 10:1810:18 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 18:256:25 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 25:21 01:211:21 AM Tue | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:1810:18 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:543:54 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:543:54 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:164:16 AM | 05:225:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:225:22 AM | 07:587:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:596:59 AM | 08:378:37 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:087:08 AM | 08:458:45 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:587:58 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 15:083:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:552:55 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:484:48 PM | 18:256:25 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |