Wednesday 27 April 1966 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 02:332:33 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4912:49 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:275:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:441:44 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 39 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
05:275:27 AM to 29:255:25 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 | Śukla Saptamī | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 17:315:31 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 17:355:35 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:441:44 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:454:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:254:25 AM | 05:275:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:275:27 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:575:57 AM | 07:297:29 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3410:34 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:591:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:332:33 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:123:12 PM | 16:454:45 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 19:067:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:067:06 PM | 20:288:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:067:06 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:067:06 PM | 20:088:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:061:06 AM+1 | 26:372:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |