Tuesday 26 August 1986 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 20:258:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2910:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
06:316:31 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:368:36 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
13:171:17 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 32 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
06:316:31 AM to 30:326:32+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 | 22:2910:29 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 08:368:36 AM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 16:354:35 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:249:24 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:32 06:326:32 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:075:07 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:075:07 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:285:28 AM | 06:316:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:316:31 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:139:13 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:139:13 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:171:17 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:382:38 PM | 17:215:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:323:32 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:404:40 PM | 18:226:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:215:21 PM | 20:038:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:038:03 PM | 21:279:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:038:03 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:038:03 PM | 21:069:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0010:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:1512:15+1 AM | 24:5712:57+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5412:54+1 AM | 25:421:42+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |