Tuesday 5 May 1987 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 19:567:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1910:19 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:176:17 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:089:08 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:151:15 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 56 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
06:176:17 AM to 30:166:16 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 | 22:1910:19 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 25:59 01:591:59 AM Wed | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 11:4211:42 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 09:089:08 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:16 06:166:16 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:574:57 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:574:57 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:176:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:176:17 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:028:02 AM | 09:509:50 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:049:04 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:469:46 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 15:003:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:392:39 PM | 17:265:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:353:35 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:444:44 PM | 18:296:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:265:26 PM | 20:138:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:486:48 PM | 20:368:36 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:138:13 PM | 21:349:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:138:13 PM | 20:338:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:138:13 PM | 21:149:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:1412:14 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |