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Saturday 18 February 1956 · Bucharest, Romania

Māgha Śukla Saptamī

Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 01:131:13 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0512:05 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Ratha Saptamī

Saptamī covers 108 of 108 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:137:13 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4212:42 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:3012:30 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:3012:30 PM
At noon, 12:3012:30 PM, the Sun is in Dhaniṣṭhā and the Moon 78° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 40% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 78° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:255:25 AM–06:196:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:137:13 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0912:09 PM–12:5112:51 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:311:31 PM–15:063:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:162:16 PM–14:582:58 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:475:47 PM–18:146:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:475:47 PM–19:077:07 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:137:13 AM–08:328:32 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:137:13 AM–07:557:55 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:557:55 AM–08:388:38 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:529:52 AM–11:1111:11 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:491:49 PM–15:083:08 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya29:515:51 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla07:137:13 AM–08:328:32 AMavoid
Śubha08:328:32 AM–09:529:52 AMgood
Roga09:529:52 AM–11:1111:11 AMavoid
Udvega11:1111:11 AM–12:3012:30 PMavoid
Cara12:3012:30 PM–13:491:49 PMneutral
Lābha13:491:49 PM–15:083:08 PMgood
Amṛta15:083:08 PM–16:284:28 PMgood
Kāla16:284:28 PM–17:475:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:475:47 PM–19:277:27 PMgood
Udvega19:277:27 PM–21:089:08 PMavoid
Śubha21:089:08 PM–22:4910:49 PMgood
Amṛta22:4910:49 PM–24:2912:29 AM+1good
Cara24:2912:29 AM+1–26:102:10 AM+1neutral
Roga26:102:10 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:503:50 AM+1–29:315:31 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:315:31 AM+1–31:127:12 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:137:13 AM to 31:127:12 AM+1

07:137:13 AM sunrise17:475:47 PM sunsetsunrise 31:127:12 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 24:0512:05 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 18:156:15 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 19:457:45 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 12:4212:42 PM
Vaṇijauntil 24:0512:05 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:529:52 AM–11:1111:11 AM
Abhijit 12:0912:09 PM–12:5112:51 PM
Pradoṣa 17:475:47 PM–19:347:34 PM
Niśītha 24:0512:05 AM+1–24:5312:53 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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1111:11 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5112:51 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 34 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:347:34 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  8. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  9. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5312:53 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī24:05 00:0512:05 AM SunAṣṭamī
NakṣatraBharaṇī18:156:15 PMKṛttikā
YogaBrahma19:457:45 PMIndra
KaraṇaGara12:4212:42 PMVaṇija
VāraŚanivāra31:12 07:127:12 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2012
Śaka
1877
Kali
5056
Ahargaṇa
1 847 056
Day length
10 h 34 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
10:0010:00 AM
Moonset
25:111:11 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:255:25 AM07:137:13 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:255:25 AM06:196:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:137:13 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:137:13 AM09:209:20 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:137:13 AM08:328:32 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:137:13 AM07:557:55 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:557:55 AM08:388:38 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:209:20 AM11:2711:27 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:529:52 AM11:1111:11 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0612:06 PM12:5412:54 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0912:09 PM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:311:31 PM15:063:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:331:33 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:491:49 PM15:083:08 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:162:16 PM14:582:58 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM17:475:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:475:47 PM19:347:34 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:475:47 PM18:146:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:475:47 PM19:077:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0512:05 AM+124:5312:53 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:515:51 AM+131:247:24 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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