Friday 4 October 2013 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 21:089:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:358:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 144 of 144 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:226:22 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 12 h 02 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 29:405:40 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 | 20:358:35 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 06:226:22 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 16:294:29 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 08:558:55 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:117:11 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:058:05 AM | 08:538:53 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:442:44 PM | 16:204:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 25:541:54 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |