Tuesday 14 January 1964 · Lagos, Nigeria
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 20:158:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:439:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:027:02 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:278:27 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 47 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
07:027:02 AM to 31:027:02 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 | 21:439:43 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 14:332:33 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 08:278:27 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 09:039:03 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:02 07:027:02 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 07:027:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:495:49 AM | 07:027:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:027:02 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:209:20 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:239:23 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:242:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:062:06 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:532:53 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:523:52 PM | 17:205:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 18:496:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:496:49 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:496:49 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:496:49 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0611:06 PM | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |