Monday 25 December 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Amāvasyā began at 23:1611:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:221:22+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
08:248:24 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4411:44 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
13:131:13 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 39 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
08:248:24 AM to 32:248:24+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 | 25:22 01:221:22 AM Tue | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 11:4411:44 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Catuṣpāda | 12:1612:16 PM | Nāga |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:24 08:248:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:296:29 AM | 08:248:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:296:29 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:576:57 AM | 08:248:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:248:24 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:369:36 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:1910:19 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:321:32 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:341:34 PM | 15:203:20 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:112:11 PM | 16:074:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:252:25 PM | 15:383:38 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:283:28 PM | 16:074:07 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:074:07 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:577:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 25:591:59+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4912:49+1 AM | 25:371:37+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:325:32+1 AM | 31:187:18+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |