Thursday 7 October 2010 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:201:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:449:44 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 141 of 141 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3810:38 AM
Brahma gives way to Indra.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 11 h 46 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:295:29 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 | 21:449:44 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 26:27 02:272:27 AM Fri | Citrā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 10:3810:38 AM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 11:3111:31 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 07:507:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:295:29 AM | 06:576:57 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:507:50 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3212:32 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:042:04 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 14:062:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:062:06 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:532:53 PM | 17:155:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:155:15 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:155:15 PM | 17:395:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:155:15 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:099:09 PM | 22:3410:34 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |