Tuesday 12 January 1937 · Dakar, Senegal
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 16:144:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:474:47 PM.
At sunrise
07:397:39 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:198:19 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
13:181:18 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 19 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
07:397:39 AM to 31:397:39 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 | 16:474:47 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 12:1312:13 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 08:198:19 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 16:474:47 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:39 07:397:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:575:57 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:575:57 AM | 06:486:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:397:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:397:39 AM | 09:549:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:549:54 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:549:54 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2810:28 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5612:56 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:181:18 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:113:11 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:084:08 PM | 17:335:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:424:42 PM | 18:586:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:586:58 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:586:58 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:586:58 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:268:26 PM | 22:0510:05 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 25:421:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:186:18 AM+1 | 31:577:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |