Monday 12 October 2015 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 00:2912:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:063:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 140 of 140 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:315:31 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:481:48 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:2011:20 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 39 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
05:315:31 AM to 29:315:31 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 | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Tue | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 23:1111:11 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 19:527:52 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 13:481:48 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:523:52 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:523:52 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:315:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:315:31 AM | 07:517:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:335:33 AM | 07:227:22 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:586:58 AM | 08:268:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:517:51 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:152:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:171:17 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:032:03 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:502:50 PM | 17:105:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:244:24 PM | 18:136:13 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:105:10 PM | 18:496:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:105:10 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:105:10 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5710:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |