Monday 8 October 1934 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 17:525:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:306:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 139 of 139 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:595:59 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:156:15 AM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 35 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
05:595:59 AM to 30:006:00 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 | 18:306:30 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 21:349:34 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Indra | 24:11 00:1112:11 AM Tue | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 06:156:15 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:595:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:595:59 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:267:26 AM | 08:538:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:141:14 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:292:29 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:345:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:163:16 PM | 16:574:57 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:345:34 PM | 19:147:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:345:34 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:345:34 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:475:47 AM+1 | 31:267:26 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |