Tuesday 9 October 2018 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:022:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:4711:47 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 4 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4711:47 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 11 h 16 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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05:495:49 AM to 29:505:50 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 | 11:4711:47 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 14:352:35 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 17:015:01 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 11:4711:47 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:074:07 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:074:07 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:334:33 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:498:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:578:57 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:162:16 PM | 15:413:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:502:50 PM | 17:055:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:055:05 PM | 18:476:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:055:05 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:055:05 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1110:11 PM | 23:0211:02 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1310:13 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |