Monday 31 August 1987 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 02:232:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:281:28 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:466:46 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:002:00 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:191:19 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 06 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
06:466:46 AM to 30:466:46 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 | 25:28 01:281:28 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 17:065:06 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 16:284:28 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:002:00 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:026:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 06:466:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:466:46 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:188:18 AM | 09:549:54 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:451:45 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:372:37 PM | 17:145:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:354:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:293:29 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:224:22 PM | 17:145:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:145:14 PM | 19:517:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:517:51 PM | 21:199:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:517:51 PM | 20:138:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:517:51 PM | 20:578:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:019:01 PM | 22:3510:35 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 25:431:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:236:23 AM+1 | 31:577:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |