Friday 17 October 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Tṛtīyā began at 22:1510:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:097:09 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
AlsoSaṅkaṣṭa Caturthī boundary
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:428:42 AM
Vaṇija gives way to Viṣṭi.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 49 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
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06:006:00 AM to 30:026:02+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 Tṛtīyā | 19:097:09 PM | Caturthī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 24:54 00:5412:54 AM Sat | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 13:401:40 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:428:42 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:02 06:026:02 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:154:15 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:424:42 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:227:22 AM | 08:438:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:108:10 AM | 08:548:54 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0410:04 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:131:13 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:042:04 PM | 15:313:31 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:283:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:402:40 PM | 16:494:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:494:49 PM | 18:356:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:494:49 PM | 17:165:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:494:49 PM | 18:096:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4410:44 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |