Monday 12 October 2015 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 05:295:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:068:06 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 133 of 133 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:486:48 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 11 h 07 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:545:54 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 | past sunrise | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 28:11 04:114:11 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Tue | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 18:486:48 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:068:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:068:06 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:171:17 PM | 14:022:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:022:02 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:462:46 PM | 17:005:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:005:00 PM | 18:436:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:005:00 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:005:00 PM | 18:176:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:249:24 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |