Sunday 9 December 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Daśamī began at 10:1910:19 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:378:37 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:377:37 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:378:37 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 23 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
07:377:37 AM to 31:387:38 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 Daśamī | 08:378:37 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 08:408:40 AM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 19:137:13 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:378:37 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:38 07:387:38 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:377:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:377:37 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:3812:38 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:463:46 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:503:50 PM | 17:015:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:074:07 PM | 17:375:37 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 26:332:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |