Monday 29 August 2011 · Daegu, South Korea
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 15:093:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0412:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0412:04 PM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 03 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:565:56+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 | 12:0412:04 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 15:083:08 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 17:505:50 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 12:0412:04 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:56 05:565:56 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:115:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:337:33 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5812:58 PM | 14:252:25 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:042:04 PM | 15:423:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:372:37 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:293:29 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:586:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:586:58 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:586:58 PM | 19:207:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:586:58 PM | 20:048:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1610:16 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |