Tuesday 18 April 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 01:411:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:421:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:484:48 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:381:38 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 43 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
04:484:48 AM to 28:464:46 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 25:42 01:421:42 AM Wed | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 28:34 04:344:34 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 19:297:29 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:381:38 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:46 04:464:46 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:263:26 AM | 04:484:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:263:26 AM | 04:074:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:463:46 AM | 04:484:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:484:48 AM | 07:337:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:337:33 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:337:33 AM | 08:288:28 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:148:14 AM | 09:579:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:231:23 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0512:05 PM | 13:441:44 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 19:537:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:599:59 PM | 23:3711:37 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |