Monday 16 February 2004 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 09:369:36 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:207:20 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
06:506:50 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:207:20 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
13:341:34 PM
The Sun 65° above N. Day length 13 h 28 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
06:506:50 AM to 30:516:51+1 AM
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 | 07:207:20 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 25:22 01:221:22 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:439:43 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:207:20 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:51 06:516:51 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:265:26 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:265:26 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 06:506:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:506:50 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:318:31 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2810:28 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:071:07 PM | 14:012:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:101:10 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:012:01 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:552:55 PM | 17:365:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:153:15 PM | 16:564:56 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:493:49 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:434:43 PM | 17:365:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:365:36 PM | 20:188:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:247:24 PM | 20:548:54 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:188:18 PM | 21:429:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:188:18 PM | 20:398:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:188:18 PM | 21:219:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5211:52 PM | 25:221:22+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:111:11+1 AM | 25:591:59+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |