Wednesday 28 March 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Amāvasyā began at 13:581:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5910:59 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5910:59 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 12 h 32 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
05:305:30 AM to 29:285:28+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 | 10:5910:59 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 16:344:34 PM | Revatī |
| Yoga | Brahma | 21:279:27 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 10:5910:59 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:583:58 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:583:58 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:214:21 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 08:008:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:047:04 AM | 08:388:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:008:00 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:391:39 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:313:31 PM | 18:026:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:026:02 PM | 19:337:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:026:02 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:026:02 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:393:39+1 AM | 29:085:08+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |