Monday 20 August 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 10:5810:58 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:399:39 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:399:39 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
12:5612:56 PM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 18 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:476:47+1 AM
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 | 09:399:39 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 27:11 03:113:11 AM Tue | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 20:088:08 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 09:399:39 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:375:37 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:198:19 AM | 09:519:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:211:21 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:592:59 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:193:19 PM | 16:544:54 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:483:48 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3212:32+1 AM | 25:201:20+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4912:49+1 AM | 26:242:24+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |