Monday 6 November 1989 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 10:0610:06 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:2010:20 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:516:51 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2010:20 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 22 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
06:516:51 AM to 30:526:52 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 | 10:2010:20 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 27:26 03:263:26 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 26:20 02:202:20 AM Tue | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:2010:20 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:52 06:526:52 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:025:02 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:025:02 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:295:29 AM | 06:516:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:516:51 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:087:08 AM | 08:458:45 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:269:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:558:55 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4410:44 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:041:04 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:191:19 PM | 14:372:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:135:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:524:52 PM | 18:306:30 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:135:13 PM | 19:027:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:135:13 PM | 17:405:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:135:13 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |