Tuesday 24 October 1995 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 14:382:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3612:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Pratipadā covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:287:28 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
12:5712:57 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 58 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
07:287:28 AM to 31:297:29+1 AM
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 | 12:3612:36 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 12:5412:54 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 13:091:09 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 12:3612:36 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:29 07:297:29 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:445:44 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:445:44 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:287:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:287:28 AM | 09:409:40 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:409:40 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:409:40 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:144:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:413:41 PM | 17:045:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:144:14 PM | 18:266:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:066:06 PM | 19:357:35 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:266:26 PM | 20:108:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:266:26 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:266:26 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:3112:31+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3312:33+1 AM | 25:211:21+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:013:01+1 AM | 28:304:30+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |