Monday 2 February 2009 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 20:518:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:547:54 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:268:26 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 16 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
07:247:24 AM to 31:237:23 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 | 19:547:54 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 19:067:06 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 24:56 00:5612:56 AM Tue | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:268:26 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:345:34 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:345:34 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:026:02 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:247:24 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:418:41 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5911:59 AM | 13:341:34 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:491:49 PM | 15:063:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:152:15 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:562:56 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:093:09 PM | 16:434:43 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:086:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:224:22 AM+1 | 29:555:55 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |