Tuesday 21 August 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 18:356:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:388:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 779 of 1441 minutes of the day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:397:39 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3012:30 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 13 h 32 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:455:45+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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 20:388:38 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 23:3811:38 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 13:551:55 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:397:39 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:209:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:079:07 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:531:53 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:112:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:334:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:452:45 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:533:53 PM | 17:345:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:334:33 PM | 19:167:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:167:16 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:167:16 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:167:16 PM | 20:188:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 24:5412:54+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |