Sunday 17 October 2010 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Daśamī began at 20:308:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5810:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Daśamī with Śravaṇa covers 125 of 692 minutes of the day time. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:139:13 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 11 h 32 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 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 Daśamī | 22:5810:58 PM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 09:139:13 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 22:3010:30 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 09:439:43 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:545:54 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:171:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:212:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:431:43 PM | 15:323:32 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:042:04 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:145:14 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:085:08 PM | 17:545:54 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:145:14 PM | 18:406:40 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:557:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 26:202:20 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |