Monday 18 August 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Pūrṇimā began at 22:3010:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:556:55 PM.
Observed here on this day
The second half of Pūrṇimā covers 611 of 1441 minutes of the day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoṚṣi Tarpaṇa determinate
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Pūrṇimā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:448:44 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:171:17 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 28 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | 18:556:55 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 26:47 02:472:47 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 23:4611:46 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:448:44 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:095:09 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:095:09 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:336:33 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:148:14 AM | 09:559:55 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:089:08 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:149:14 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:431:43 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:372:37 PM | 17:195:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:384:38 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:313:31 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:254:25 PM | 17:195:19 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:195:19 PM | 20:008:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:365:36 PM | 19:017:01 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:008:00 PM | 21:259:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:008:00 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:008:00 PM | 21:049:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 25:411:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |