Thursday 18 October 2018 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guruvāra. Navamī began at 12:5012:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:293:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Daśamī with Śravaṇa covers 145 of 717 minutes of the day time. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahānavamī determinate
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Navamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:469:46 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 11 h 57 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57+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 | Śukla Navamī | 15:293:29 PM | Daśamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 24:34 00:3412:34 AM Fri | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 09:469:46 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 15:293:29 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:218:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:575:57 AM | 07:277:27 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:218:21 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:578:57 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:569:56 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:382:38 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:251:25 PM | 14:552:55 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:432:43 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:313:31 PM | 17:545:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:545:54 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:545:54 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:545:54 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:025:02+1 AM | 30:496:49+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |