Friday 21 March 2008 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Pūrṇimā began at 20:558:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:409:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 146 of 146 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:375:37 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:149:14 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 08 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
05:375:37 AM to 29:365:36 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 21:409:40 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Sat | Hasta |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 18:326:32 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:149:14 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:375:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:375:37 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:087:08 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:038:03 AM | 08:518:51 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:358:35 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:144:14 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:455:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:455:45 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:455:45 PM | 18:096:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:455:45 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:456:45 PM | 20:268:26 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |