Tuesday 29 December 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 06:576:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:093:09+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:025:02 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 20 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49+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 | 27:09 03:093:09 AM Wed | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 26:03 02:032:03 AM Wed | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 25:05 01:051:05 AM Wed | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 17:025:02 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:515:51 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:515:51 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:216:21 AM | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:419:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:419:41 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:419:41 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0512:05 PM | 13:291:29 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:4712:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:391:39 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:022:02 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 15:583:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:085:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:085:08 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:085:08 PM | 17:385:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:085:08 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:288:28 PM | 21:529:52 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 24:5312:53+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 26:032:03+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |