Monday 4 May 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 14:172:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:031:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:245:24 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:031:03 PM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 14 h 00 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
05:245:24 AM to 29:235:23+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 Daśamī | 13:031:03 PM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 25:06 01:061:06 AM Tue | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 13:251:25 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:031:03 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:23 05:235:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:244:24 AM | 05:245:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:245:24 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:219:21 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:092:09 PM | 15:543:54 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:442:44 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:403:40 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:364:36 PM | 19:247:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:486:48 PM | 20:238:23 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:247:24 PM | 20:448:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:247:24 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:247:24 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |