Tuesday 21 October 2025 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Amāvasyā began at 18:156:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:258:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Amāvasyā covers 104 of 104 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:267:26 AM
Amāvasyā holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
20:258:25 PM
Amāvasyā gives way to Pratipadā.
Noon
12:5812:58 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 11 h 03 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
07:267:26 AM to 31:277:27+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 | 20:258:25 PM | Pratipadā |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Wed | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Nāga | 20:258:25 PM | Kiṃstughna |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:27 07:277:27 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:425:42 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:425:42 AM | 06:346:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:086:08 AM | 07:267:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:267:26 AM | 09:399:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:417:41 AM | 09:289:28 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:399:39 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:399:39 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 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 | 14:202:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:042:04 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:433:43 PM | 17:065:06 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:296:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:226:22 PM | 20:098:09 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:296:29 PM | 20:138:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:296:29 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:296:29 PM | 19:477:47 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4011:40 PM | 24:3212:32+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3412:34+1 AM | 25:221:22+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |