Monday 18 March 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 05:365:36 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:267:26 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:267:26 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:256:25 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 | 07:267:26 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 12:4112:41 PM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 12:2012:20 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 07:267:26 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:25 06:256:25 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:514:51 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:514:51 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:155:15 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:276:27 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:577:57 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:518:51 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:5710:57 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:391:39 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:571:57 PM | 15:273:27 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:272:27 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:153:15 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:034:03 PM | 18:276:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:276:27 PM | 20:038:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:276:27 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:276:27 PM | 19:397:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 21:149:14 PM | 22:5610:56 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |