Tuesday 31 August 1999 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Pañcamī began at 14:022:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5511:55 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 22 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:579:57 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 88° above N. Day length 12 h 15 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:465:46+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 Pañcamī | 11:5511:55 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 10:5210:52 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 09:579:57 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:5511:55 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:057:05 AM | 08:368:36 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:138:13 AM | 09:029:02 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:498:49 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 18:006:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:006:00 PM | 19:347:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:006:00 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:006:00 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:537:53 PM | 21:239:23 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4210:42 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:544:54+1 AM | 30:246:24+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |