Saturday 28 December 2013 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Śanivāra. Daśamī began at 10:1210:12 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:269:26 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:537:53 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:269:26 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
13:111:11 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 35 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
07:537:53 AM to 31:537:53 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 Daśamī | 09:269:26 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 22:3910:39 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 23:1411:14 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:269:26 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:53 07:537:53 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:066:06 AM | 07:537:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:066:06 AM | 06:596:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:336:33 AM | 07:537:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:537:53 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:537:53 AM | 09:129:12 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:537:53 AM | 08:358:35 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:358:35 AM | 09:189:18 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0010:00 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3210:32 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:042:04 PM | 15:383:38 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:302:30 PM | 15:493:49 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:562:56 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:286:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:286:28 PM | 20:168:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:286:28 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:286:28 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 25:351:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:563:56 AM+1 | 29:265:26 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |