Friday 25 March 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Pūrṇimā began at 16:224:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:594:59 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day after Holikā Dahana. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:232:23 PM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:5911:59 AM
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
05:555:55 AM to 29:545:54 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | 16:594:59 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 14:232:23 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 23:4611:46 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:594:59 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:434:43 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:496:49 AM | 08:308:30 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:267:26 AM | 08:578:57 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:4610:46 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:208:20 AM | 09:099:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2810:28 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:324:32 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0411:04 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |