Monday 13 November 2023 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 12:1512:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:2712:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2712:27 PM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 57 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
05:495:49 AM to 29:505:50 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 | 12:2712:27 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 24:53 00:5312:53 AM Tue | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 12:5312:53 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 12:2712:27 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:018:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:056:05 AM | 07:437:43 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:127:12 AM | 08:348:34 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:018:01 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:569:56 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4012:40 PM | 14:022:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:071:07 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:511:51 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:352:35 PM | 16:474:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:533:53 PM | 17:315:31 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:474:47 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:474:47 PM | 17:135:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:474:47 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:534:53 AM+1 | 30:296:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |