Saturday 18 December 2004 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 14:272:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:041:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:327:32 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:041:04 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 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
07:327:32 AM to 31:327:32 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 | 13:041:04 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Sun | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 19:357:35 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:041:04 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:32 07:327:32 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:355:35 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:355:35 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:046:04 AM | 07:327:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:327:32 AM | 09:259:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:327:32 AM | 08:428:42 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:327:32 AM | 08:098:09 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:367:36 AM | 09:109:10 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:478:47 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:259:25 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:0411:04 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:053:05 PM | 16:584:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:584:58 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:584:58 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:584:58 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:035:03 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |