Tuesday 23 July 1996 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 12:5812:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:431:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:125:12 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:431:43 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2512:25 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 26 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
05:125:12 AM to 29:125:12 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 | 13:431:43 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 17:465:46 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:431:43 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:12 05:125:12 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:553:55 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:553:55 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:125:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:125:12 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:517:51 AM | 09:329:32 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:058:05 AM | 09:029:02 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:511:51 PM | 16:444:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:014:01 PM | 17:495:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:444:44 PM | 19:377:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:545:54 PM | 19:357:35 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:377:37 PM | 20:548:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:377:37 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:377:37 PM | 20:358:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |