Friday 2 October 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 22:4810:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:318:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 141 of 141 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:236:23 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:439:43 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 11 h 46 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
06:236:23 AM to 30:246:24+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 | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā | 20:318:31 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 11:4111:41 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Sat | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 09:439:43 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:24 06:246:24 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:464:46 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:464:46 AM | 05:345:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:105:10 AM | 06:236:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:236:23 AM | 08:448:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:517:51 AM | 09:209:20 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:448:44 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:448:44 AM | 09:319:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:271:27 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 16:414:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 18:096:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:096:09 PM | 19:477:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:096:09 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:096:09 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:287:28 PM | 20:578:57 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:214:21+1 AM | 29:505:50+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |