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Wednesday 24 January 2018 · Budapest, Hungary

Māgha Śukla Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 12:1012:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:4711:47 AM.

Observed here on this day

Ratha Saptamī

Saptamī covers 119 of 119 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4711:47 AM

Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.

Noon

11:5611:56 AM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBudapest11:5611:56 AM
At noon, 11:5611:56 AM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 84° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 45% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 84° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:281:28 PM–14:052:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:324:32 PM–17:025:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:324:32 PM–18:016:01 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:438:43 PM–22:1810:18 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:298:29 AM–09:389:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4710:47 AM–11:5611:56 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3811:38 AM–12:1512:15 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5611:56 AM–13:051:05 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:5311:53 PM–25:281:28 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

Lābha07:207:20 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Amṛta08:298:29 AM–09:389:38 AMgood
Kāla09:389:38 AM–10:4710:47 AMavoid
Śubha10:4710:47 AM–11:5611:56 AMgood
Roga11:5611:56 AM–13:051:05 PMavoid
Udvega13:051:05 PM–14:142:14 PMavoid
Cara14:142:14 PM–15:233:23 PMneutral
Lābha15:233:23 PM–16:324:32 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:324:32 PM–18:236:23 PMavoid
Śubha18:236:23 PM–20:148:14 PMgood
Amṛta20:148:14 PM–22:0510:05 PMgood
Cara22:0510:05 PM–23:5611:56 PMneutral
Roga23:5611:56 PM–25:461:46 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:461:46 AM+1–27:373:37 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:373:37 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1good
Udvega29:285:28 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:207:20 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:324:32 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 11:4711:47 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 27:513:51 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 26:162:16 AM+1
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 11:4711:47 AM
Viṣṭiuntil 23:2011:20 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5611:56 AM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 16:324:32 PM–18:316:31 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  3. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:051:05 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 12 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:316:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  10. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī11:4711:47 AMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraAśvinī27:51 03:513:51 AM ThuBharaṇī
YogaSādhya26:16 02:162:16 AM ThuŚubha
KaraṇaVaṇija11:4711:47 AMViṣṭi
VāraBudhavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 677
Day length
9 h 12 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
10:5610:56 AM
Moonset
24:2112:21 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:109:10 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:298:29 AM09:389:38 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:109:10 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4710:47 AM11:5611:56 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3211:32 AM12:2012:20 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5611:56 AM13:051:05 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:422:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:281:28 PM14:052:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:422:42 PM16:324:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:324:32 PM18:316:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:324:32 PM17:025:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:324:32 PM18:016:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:438:43 PM22:1810:18 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:5311:53 PM25:281:28 AM+1sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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