Monday 13 August 1973 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 04:274:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:465:46 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 732 of 1441 minutes of the day. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
05:215:21 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:105:10 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 13 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
05:215:21 AM to 29:225:22 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 | Śukla Pūrṇimā | past sunrise | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 21:249:24 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 26:12 02:122:12 AM Tue | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:105:10 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:583:58 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:583:58 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:194:19 AM | 05:215:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:215:21 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:037:03 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2710:27 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:301:30 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:333:33 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:134:13 PM | 18:566:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:566:56 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:566:56 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:566:56 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:401:40 AM+1 | 27:233:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |