Tuesday 1 October 1940 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:241:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:419:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 141 of 141 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3411:34 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:3012:30 PM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:396:39 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 | 21:419:41 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 13:341:34 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 26:11 02:112:11 AM Wed | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 11:3411:34 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:245:24 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 08:598:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:137:13 AM | 08:388:38 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:598:59 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:598:59 AM | 09:459:45 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:349:34 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:571:57 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:401:40 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:004:00 PM | 18:216:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:216:21 PM | 19:597:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:216:21 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:216:21 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:558:55 PM | 22:2010:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:205:20 AM+1 | 30:446:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |