Tuesday 13 August 1940 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Daśamī began at 06:556:55 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:026:02 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:355:35 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:026:02 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:4512:45 PM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 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
05:355:35 AM to 29:365:36 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 | 06:026:02 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 11:3411:34 AM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 16:234:23 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 06:026:02 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:355:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:355:35 AM | 08:278:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:278:27 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:278:27 AM | 09:249:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:109:10 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 17:025:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:194:19 PM | 18:066:06 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:025:02 PM | 19:547:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:417:41 PM | 21:199:19 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:547:54 PM | 21:119:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:547:54 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:547:54 PM | 20:528:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 25:091:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:265:26 AM+1 | 31:037:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |