Friday 18 September 2009 · Tehran, Iran
Śukravāra. Amāvasyā began at 01:571:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1411:14 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 148 of 148 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3412:34 PM
Catuṣpāda gives way to Nāga.
Noon
12:5812:58 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 18 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50 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 | 23:1411:14 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 14:242:24 PM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 27:27 03:273:27 AM Sat | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 12:3412:34 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:338:33 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:179:17 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:179:17 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:5812:58 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:231:23 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:122:12 PM | 16:394:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:034:03 PM | 17:355:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:394:39 PM | 19:077:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:077:07 PM | 20:418:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:077:07 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:077:07 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:059:05 PM | 22:3410:34 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 25:231:23 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:585:58 AM+1 | 31:277:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |