Sunday 28 September 2008 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Ravivāra. Amāvasyā began at 05:205:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:125:12+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 145 of 145 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:135:13 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 82° above S. Day length 12 h 04 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:296:29+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 Amāvasyā | 29:12 05:125:12 AM Mon | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 24:26 00:2612:26 AM Mon | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 20:218:21 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 17:135:13 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:29 06:296:29 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:197:19 AM | 08:578:57 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:022:02 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:441:44 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:322:32 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:323:32 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:084:08 PM | 18:336:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:574:57 PM | 17:455:45 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:035:03 PM | 18:336:33 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:065:06 PM | 18:446:44 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:336:33 PM | 20:098:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:336:33 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:336:33 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 24:5512:55+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |