Monday 17 January 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 10:1010:10 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:517:51 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:517:51 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
13:301:30 PM
The Sun 73° above N. Day length 14 h 27 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
06:166:16 AM to 30:176:17 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 | 07:517:51 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 20:458:45 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 11:2511:25 AM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:517:51 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:17 06:176:17 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:385:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:195:19 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 09:109:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:058:05 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:109:10 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:429:42 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:061:06 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:591:59 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:562:56 PM | 17:505:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:183:18 PM | 17:065:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:543:54 PM | 16:524:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:524:52 PM | 17:505:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:505:50 PM | 20:438:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:336:33 PM | 20:018:01 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:438:43 PM | 22:0010:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:438:43 PM | 21:029:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:438:43 PM | 21:419:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:061:06 AM+1 | 25:541:54 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |