Monday 16 September 1957 · Bucharest, Romania
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 18:026:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:136:13 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:136:13 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 12 h 30 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:565:56 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 18:136:13 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 16:324:32 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 10:3010:30 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 06:136:13 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:56 05:565:56 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:297:29 AM | 09:039:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:148:14 AM | 09:549:54 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3610:36 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:131:13 PM | 14:532:53 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:251:25 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:441:44 PM | 15:173:17 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:152:15 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:053:05 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 19:577:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1110:11 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |