Monday 5 February 1968 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 04:234:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:596:59 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 109 of 109 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:395:39 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 20 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
07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21 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 | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 23:5511:55 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 25:28 01:281:28 AM Tue | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:395:39 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:335:33 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:335:33 AM | 06:286:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:006:00 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:408:40 AM | 09:579:57 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:501:50 PM | 15:073:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:162:16 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:572:57 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:503:50 PM | 17:385:38 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:106:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 19:047:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:267:26 PM | 21:149:14 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |