Monday 15 March 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 03:023:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:015:01 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:406:40 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:516:51 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 53 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
06:406:40 AM to 30:386:38 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 | 29:01 05:015:01 AM Tue | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 06:516:51 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 12:3312:33 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 16:044:04 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:38 06:386:38 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:406:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:406:40 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:389:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:541:54 PM | 15:403:40 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:353:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:233:23 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 18:336:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:336:33 PM | 20:108:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:336:33 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:336:33 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | 26:152:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |