Tuesday 25 February 2014 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Daśamī began at 10:4410:44 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:218:21 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
07:077:07 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:218:21 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 06 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
07:077:07 AM to 31:067:06 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 | 08:218:21 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 10:0810:08 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 21:569:56 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:218:21 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:06 07:067:06 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 07:077:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:077:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:077:07 AM | 09:209:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:398:39 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:209:20 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:209:20 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4012:40 PM | 14:032:03 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:273:27 PM | 16:504:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:004:00 PM | 18:136:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:136:13 PM | 19:567:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:136:13 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:136:13 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:526:52 PM | 20:198:19 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1412:14 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:353:35 AM+1 | 29:035:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |