Tuesday 9 October 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Daśamī began at 14:472:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:061:06 PM.
Observed here on this day
Daśamī with Śravaṇa covers 437 of 678 minutes of the day time. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:485:48 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:061:06 PM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 11 h 18 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
05:485:48 AM to 29:505:50+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 | Śukla Daśamī | 13:061:06 PM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 15:123:12 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 17:015:01 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:061:06 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:074:07 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:074:07 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:485:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:485:48 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:498:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:172:17 PM | 15:413:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:502:50 PM | 17:065:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:065:06 PM | 18:486:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:065:06 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:065:06 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:546:54 PM | 20:248:24 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1110:11 PM | 23:0211:02 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:493:49+1 AM | 29:185:18+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |