Friday 21 September 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 15:163:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:475:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 147 of 147 minutes of aparāhṇa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:245:24 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:222:22 PM
Śubha gives way to Śukla.
Noon
11:3311:33 AM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 12 h 17 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
05:245:24 AM to 29:265:26+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 | 17:475:47 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Sat | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śubha | 14:222:22 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 17:475:47 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:245:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:245:24 AM | 07:527:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:576:57 AM | 08:298:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:527:52 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:527:52 AM | 08:418:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3110:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:372:37 PM | 16:094:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:179:17 PM | 23:0511:05 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |