Saturday 15 January 2011 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Śanivāra. Daśamī began at 07:457:45 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:468:46 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:468:46 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27 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 Daśamī | 08:468:46 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 26:21 02:212:21 AM Sun | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:176:17 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:468:46 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:494:49 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:494:49 AM | 05:385:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:145:14 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:276:27 AM | 07:557:55 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:276:27 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:147:14 AM | 08:018:01 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:249:24 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:301:30 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:481:48 PM | 15:163:16 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:491:49 PM | 15:303:30 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 18:136:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:136:13 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:136:13 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:136:13 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5011:50 PM | 25:301:30 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |