Tuesday 2 September 1997 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 05:215:21 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:527:52 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:015:01 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:527:52 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 13 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
05:015:01 AM to 29:025:02 AM+1
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 | 07:527:52 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | past sunrise | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 23:5411:54 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 07:527:52 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:353:35 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:353:35 AM | 04:184:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:573:57 AM | 05:015:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:015:01 AM | 07:407:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:407:40 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:407:40 AM | 08:338:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:208:20 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:501:50 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:582:58 PM | 16:384:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:186:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:186:18 PM | 19:447:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:186:18 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:186:18 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3510:35 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5310:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |