Sunday 16 September 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Amāvasyā began at 12:1112:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:1110:11 AM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:566:56 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1110:11 AM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
13:041:04 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 12 h 16 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
06:566:56 AM to 30:566:56 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 | 10:1110:11 AM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 27:41 03:413:41 AM Mon | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śubha | 22:0010:00 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 10:1110:11 AM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:455:45 AM | 06:566:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:566:56 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:281:28 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:041:04 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:172:17 PM | 16:454:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:063:06 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:084:08 PM | 17:405:40 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:454:45 PM | 19:127:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:345:34 PM | 18:236:23 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:405:40 PM | 19:127:12 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:127:12 PM | 20:468:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:127:12 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:127:12 PM | 20:228:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:578:57 PM | 22:2710:27 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 25:281:28 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |