Friday 6 November 1953 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 00:0612:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:581:58+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 114 of 114 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoKālī Pūjā determinate
At sunrise
06:286:28 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:041:04 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 50 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
06:286:28 AM to 30:306:30+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 | 25:58 01:581:58 AM Sat | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 24:21 00:2112:21 AM Sat | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 22:5910:59 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 13:041:04 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:286:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:045:04 AM | 06:286:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:286:28 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 08:568:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:069:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2212:22 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:021:02 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:202:20 PM | 16:184:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:412:41 PM | 16:264:26 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:184:18 PM | 18:126:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:184:18 PM | 16:474:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:184:18 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:266:26+1 AM | 32:108:10+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |