Monday 17 September 2001 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 17:155:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:271:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 46 of 147 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:215:21 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:047:04 AM
Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 12 h 15 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
05:215:21 AM to 29:215:21+1 AM
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 | 13:271:27 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 07:047:04 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 21:139:13 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 13:271:27 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:21 05:215:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:473:47 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:473:47 AM | 04:344:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:104:10 AM | 05:215:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:215:21 AM | 07:487:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:536:53 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:487:48 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:569:56 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4212:42 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:001:00 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:231:23 PM | 14:472:47 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:311:31 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:202:20 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:499:49 PM | 23:1411:14 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |