Wednesday 12 August 2009 · Brooklyn, New York, United States
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 04:034:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:273:27+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:122:12 PM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 53 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:056:05+1 AM
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 | 27:27 03:273:27 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 14:122:12 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:398:39 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:493:49 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:434:43 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:434:43 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:035:03 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:526:52 AM | 08:298:29 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:487:48 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1611:16 AM | 13:001:00 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:001:00 PM | 14:452:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:242:24 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:193:19 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 19:577:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:577:57 PM | 21:189:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:577:57 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:577:57 PM | 20:588:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4411:44 PM | 25:201:20+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 25:251:25+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |