Monday 15 October 2012 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:038:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 131 of 131 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:359:35 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 55 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59 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 | 20:038:03 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 11:3911:39 AM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Tue | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 09:359:35 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:106:10 AM | 07:387:38 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:207:20 AM | 08:428:42 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:092:09 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:151:15 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:581:58 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:422:42 PM | 16:534:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:534:53 PM | 18:386:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:534:53 PM | 17:195:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:534:53 PM | 18:126:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:516:51 PM | 20:178:17 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:293:29 AM+1 | 28:554:55 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |