Tuesday 1 October 1940 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:241:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:419:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 143 of 143 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:516:51 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3411:34 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:4712:47 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 53 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
06:516:51 AM to 30:516:51 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 | Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā | 21:419:41 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 13:341:34 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Brahma | 26:11 02:112:11 AM Wed | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 11:3411:34 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:51 06:516:51 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:026:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 06:516:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:516:51 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:137:13 AM | 08:388:38 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:139:13 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:139:13 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:499:49 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:162:16 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:591:59 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:462:46 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 17:155:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:218:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:558:55 PM | 22:2010:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:2312:23 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 25:121:12 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:205:20 AM+1 | 30:446:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |