Monday 25 September 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 08:508:50 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:119:11 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami determinate
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:119:11 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 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 | 09:119:11 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 28:37 04:374:37 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Tue | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:119:11 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:335:33 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:335:33 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:339:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:339:33 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:561:56 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:341:34 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:222:22 PM | 16:464:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:103:10 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:583:58 PM | 16:464:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:464:46 PM | 19:117:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:117:11 PM | 20:478:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:117:11 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:117:11 PM | 20:238:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0510:05 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:592:59 AM+1 | 28:374:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |