Saturday 20 January 1945 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 00:0412:04 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 21:509:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 113 of 113 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:348:34 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5510:55 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:291:29 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 51 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
08:348:34 AM to 32:338:33 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 | 21:509:50 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 20:048:04 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Sun | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:5510:55 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 32:33 08:338:33 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:406:40 AM | 08:348:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:406:40 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:097:09 AM | 08:348:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:348:34 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:348:34 AM | 09:489:48 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:348:34 AM | 09:139:13 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:518:51 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:139:13 AM | 09:539:53 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:3210:32 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0211:02 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:051:05 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:101:10 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:282:28 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:505:50 PM | 19:197:19 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 20:188:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:051:05 AM+1 | 25:531:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |