Friday 18 September 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 05:275:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:442:44 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 148 of 148 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:116:11 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1410:14 AM
Sādhya gives way to Śubha.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 12 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
06:116:11 AM to 30:116:11 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 | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā | 26:44 02:442:44 AM Sat | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 17:545:54 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 10:1410:14 AM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 16:044:04 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:116:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:116:11 AM | 08:398:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:437:43 AM | 09:169:16 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:398:39 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:398:39 AM | 09:289:28 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0312:03 PM | 13:311:31 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:242:24 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:263:26 PM | 16:584:58 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:034:03 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 20:048:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:417:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 26:042:04 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |