Monday 14 October 1985 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 16:014:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3312:33 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 2 of 132 minutes of aparāhṇa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:565:56 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:316:31 AM
Hasta gives way to Citrā.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 11 h 00 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
05:565:56 AM to 29:575:57+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 | 12:3312:33 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 06:316:31 AM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 21:099:09 PM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 12:3312:33 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:565:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:565:56 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3212:32 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:112:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:161:16 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:351:35 PM | 15:003:00 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:002:00 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:442:44 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:406:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:225:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0410:04 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |