Monday 13 August 1990 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 16:114:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:022:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:188:18 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
13:231:23 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 47 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:306:30 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 14:022:02 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Tue | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 08:188:18 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:022:02 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:285:28 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:306:30 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:138:13 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:159:15 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5710:57 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:231:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:501:50 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:452:45 PM | 17:315:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:413:41 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:364:36 PM | 17:315:31 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:315:31 PM | 20:168:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:597:59 PM | 21:299:29 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:168:16 PM | 21:389:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:168:16 PM | 20:378:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:168:16 PM | 21:179:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |