Sunday 19 August 2001 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:452:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5510:55 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:434:43 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:167:16 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 14 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
04:434:43 AM to 28:444:44 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 | 10:5510:55 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 07:167:16 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 23:4411:44 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 10:5510:55 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:44 04:444:44 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:434:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:034:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:433:43 AM | 04:434:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:434:43 AM | 07:317:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:525:52 AM | 07:167:16 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:317:31 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:584:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:436:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:514:51 PM | 17:475:47 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:584:58 PM | 18:436:43 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:445:44 PM | 19:077:07 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:436:43 PM | 20:048:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:436:43 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:436:43 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:062:06 AM+1 | 27:303:30 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |