Tuesday 18 September 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 21:459:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:469:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 146 of 146 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:436:43 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:429:42 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:4712:47 PM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 08 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
06:436:43 AM to 30:436:43+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 | 21:469:46 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 11:3911:39 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 26:02 02:022:02 AM Wed | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 09:429:42 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:436:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:325:32 AM | 06:436:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:436:43 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:089:08 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:459:45 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:493:49 PM | 17:205:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:254:25 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:516:51 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:516:51 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:516:51 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:087:08 PM | 20:488:48 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:2312:23+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2312:23+1 AM | 25:111:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:065:06+1 AM | 30:466:46+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |