Friday 4 October 2013 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 04:084:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:353:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 142 of 142 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:275:27 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:221:22 PM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:2311:23 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
05:275:27 AM to 29:285:28 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 | 27:35 03:353:35 AM Sat | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 13:221:22 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 23:2911:29 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 15:553:55 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:394:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:275:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:275:27 AM | 07:497:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:026:02 AM | 07:407:40 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:566:56 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:497:49 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:202:20 PM | 15:493:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:552:55 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:175:17 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:175:17 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:175:17 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:449:44 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |