Tuesday 24 September 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 13:371:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:342:34 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
07:077:07 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:342:34 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 05 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
07:077:07 AM to 31:087:08 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 | 14:342:34 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 23:2311:23 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 26:16 02:162:16 AM Wed | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:342:34 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:325:32 AM | 07:077:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:325:32 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:565:56 AM | 07:077:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:077:07 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:329:32 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:329:32 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijit | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Gulika | 13:101:10 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kāla | 14:062:06 PM | 15:473:47 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:222:22 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:113:11 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 16:114:11 PM | 17:425:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:484:48 PM | 19:137:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:137:13 PM | 20:488:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:137:13 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:137:13 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |