Tuesday 7 March 2023 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 13:481:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:403:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:403:40 PM
Pūrṇimā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 11 h 47 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:515:51 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 | 15:403:40 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 23:5211:52 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 18:446:44 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 15:403:40 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:216:21 AM | 08:068:06 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:138:13 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4511:45 AM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:514:51 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3110:31 PM | 23:2011:20 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |