Tuesday 21 October 2025 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 18:156:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:258:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 102 of 102 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:197:19 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 17 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:046:04 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 | 20:258:25 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Wed | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 07:197:19 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:04 06:046:04 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:224:22 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:474:47 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:198:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:417:41 AM | 09:289:28 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:198:19 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:198:19 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:538:53 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:071:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:312:31 PM | 15:563:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:053:05 PM | 17:215:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:215:21 PM | 19:027:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:215:21 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:215:21 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:226:22 PM | 20:098:09 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2610:26 PM | 23:1711:17 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |