Monday 1 October 1979 · Luanda, Angola
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 15:003:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:4612:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
Daśamī with Śravaṇa covers 414 of 730 minutes of the day time. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4612:46 PM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 10 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:515:51 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 | 12:4612:46 PM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 28:01 04:014:01 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 20:398:39 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:4612:46 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:237:23 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:329:32 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2610:26 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:281:28 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:363:36 PM | 18:026:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:026:02 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:026:02 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:026:02 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:246:24 PM | 19:537:53 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |