Monday 16 July 1945 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 00:4112:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:512:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:441:44 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:241:24 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 37 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:066:06 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 | 26:51 02:512:51 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 29:11 05:115:11 AM Tue | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:441:44 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:504:50 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:504:50 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:095:09 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:436:43 AM | 08:308:30 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:557:55 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:019:01 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:241:24 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:001:00 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:531:53 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:512:51 PM | 17:475:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:503:50 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:484:48 PM | 17:475:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:245:24 PM | 19:117:11 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:475:47 PM | 20:428:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:428:42 PM | 21:579:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:428:42 PM | 21:019:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:428:42 PM | 21:399:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 25:481:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |