Monday 2 October 1978 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:082:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:412:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 121 of 140 minutes of aparāhṇa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:412:41 PM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 40 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:405:40+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 | 14:412:41 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | past sunrise | Citrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 19:537:53 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 14:412:41 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:014:01 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:014:01 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:254:25 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 07:597:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:077:07 AM | 08:348:34 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:597:59 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:242:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:261:26 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:421:42 PM | 15:213:21 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:132:13 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:592:59 PM | 17:195:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:195:19 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:195:19 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:195:19 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3811:38 PM | 25:171:17+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |