Wednesday 13 January 1909 · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 02:352:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:544:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:473:47 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 63° 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:585:58 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 Saptamī | 28:54 04:544:54 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 25:53 01:531:53 AM Thu | Citrā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 18:266:26 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:473:47 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:277:27 AM | 08:558:55 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:298:29 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2410:24 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:211:21 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:257:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:126:12 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:127:12 PM | 20:598:59 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |