Tuesday 15 February 2005 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 18:506:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:367:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 106 of 106 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
19:027:02 PM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 45 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:097:09 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 | 19:367:36 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 19:027:02 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 25:41 01:411:41 AM Wed | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 19:367:36 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 10:0210:02 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:519:51 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:371:37 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:581:58 PM | 15:393:39 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:143:14 PM | 16:344:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 17:555:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:555:55 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:555:55 PM | 18:216:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:555:55 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |