Monday 4 November 2002 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 20:138:13 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:344:34 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:236:23 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 11 h 51 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:415:41 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 | 16:344:34 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 19:117:11 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 21:289:28 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 06:236:23 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:388:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4712:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:051:05 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:222:22 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:325:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:325:32 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:325:32 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:325:32 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 25:351:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |