Wednesday 1 October 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Budhavāra. Amāvasyā began at 22:1810:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5212:52 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 142 of 142 minutes of aparāhṇa. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:117:11 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 49 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 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 | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Thu | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 15:183:18 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:117:11 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 11:3611:36 AM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:315:31 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:315:31 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:107:10 AM | 08:588:58 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:021:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:312:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:354:35 PM | 18:576:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:576:57 PM | 20:348:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:576:57 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:576:57 PM | 20:108:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 26:322:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |