Monday 23 February 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 18:466:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:544:54 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:392:39 PM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 10 h 59 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:107:10 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 16:544:54 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 21:219:21 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 14:392:39 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:544:54 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:10 07:107:10 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:535:53 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:338:33 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:589:58 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:031:03 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:032:03 PM | 15:263:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:153:15 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:583:58 PM | 18:106:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:106:10 PM | 19:547:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:106:10 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:106:10 PM | 19:287:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:047:04 PM | 20:358:35 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:494:49 AM+1 | 30:186:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |