Monday 7 January 2013 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Somavāra. Daśamī began at 10:4210:42 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:318:31 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
06:536:53 AM
Daśamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:318:31 AM
Daśamī gives way to Ekādaśī.
Noon
12:4712:47 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 48 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
06:536:53 AM to 30:546:54 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 Daśamī | 08:318:31 AM | Ekādaśī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 25:10 01:101:10 AM Tue | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 08:398:39 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:318:31 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:54 06:546:54 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:536:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 06:536:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:536:53 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:118:11 AM | 09:399:39 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:509:50 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:159:15 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:111:11 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:581:58 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:162:16 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:452:45 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 18:416:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:025:02 PM | 18:316:31 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:416:41 PM | 20:198:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:416:41 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:416:41 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2312:23 AM+1 | 25:111:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:474:47 AM+1 | 30:146:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |