Monday 29 August 2011 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:092:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0411:04 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0411:04 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 43 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:496:49 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 | 11:0411:04 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 14:082:08 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 16:504:50 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 11:0411:04 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:49 06:496:49 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:415:41 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 09:219:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:219:21 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:251:25 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:351:35 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:594:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:084:08 PM | 16:594:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:594:59 PM | 19:317:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:317:31 PM | 21:029:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:317:31 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:317:31 PM | 20:398:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:169:16 PM | 22:4210:42 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:505:50 AM+1 | 31:167:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |