Thursday 12 March 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Guruvāra. Pūrṇimā began at 22:1110:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3412:34+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pūrṇimā covers 145 of 145 minutes of sāyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:016:01 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2111:21 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 80° above S. Day length 12 h 03 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
06:016:01 AM to 30:006:00+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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 24:34 00:3412:34 AM Fri | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 20:448:44 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Fri | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:2111:21 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:016:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:016:01 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:016:01 AM | 07:317:31 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:029:02 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0210:02 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:151:15 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:331:33 PM | 15:033:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:351:35 PM | 15:223:22 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:512:51 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:504:50+1 AM | 30:386:38+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |