Monday 15 October 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:038:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 134 of 134 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:359:35 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 09 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:396:39 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 | 20:038:03 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 11:3911:39 AM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Tue | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 09:359:35 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:018:01 AM | 09:259:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:361:36 PM | 15:003:00 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:482:48 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:136:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 19:047:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:516:51 PM | 20:178:17 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:293:29 AM+1 | 28:554:55 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |