Friday 18 December 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Tṛtīyā began at 17:295:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:317:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Caturthī is current at moonrise. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:437:43 AM
Tṛtīyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:179:17 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 19 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
07:437:43 AM to 31:447:44+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 Tṛtīyā | 19:317:31 PM | Caturthī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 09:179:17 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Indra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Sat | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 19:317:31 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:44 07:447:44 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:465:46 AM | 07:437:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:465:46 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:156:15 AM | 07:437:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:437:43 AM | 09:359:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:538:53 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:359:35 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:359:35 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:325:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:036:03 PM | 19:497:49 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:354:35+1 AM | 30:216:21+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |