Tuesday 2 February 1971 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 13:031:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:1311:13 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1311:13 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 14 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:247:24 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 | 11:1311:13 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 11:3011:30 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:146:14 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:1311:13 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:355:35 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:355:35 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:026:02 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:427:42 AM | 09:139:13 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:289:28 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:289:28 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| 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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:491:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:234:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:363:36 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:297:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:528:52 PM | 22:2510:25 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0911:09 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:136:13 AM+1 | 31:467:46 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |