Monday 31 January 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 06:016:01 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:354:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 111 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:278:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:135:13 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:321:32 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 10 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
08:278:27 AM to 32:268:26 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 | Śukla Saptamī | 28:35 04:354:35 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Tue | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 18:306:30 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:135:13 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:26 08:268:26 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:366:36 AM | 08:278:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:366:36 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:047:04 AM | 08:278:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:278:27 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2910:29 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:321:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:081:08 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:111:11 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:521:52 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:332:33 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:482:48 PM | 16:044:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:133:13 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:543:54 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:354:35 PM | 18:376:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:376:37 PM | 20:278:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:376:37 PM | 19:047:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:376:37 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 25:571:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:071:07 AM+1 | 25:551:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:303:30 AM+1 | 29:045:04 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |