Wednesday 20 September 2000 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 22:0510:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:248:24 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī does not reach pradoṣa on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:179:17 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 84° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:306:30+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 | 20:248:24 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 12:1612:16 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 22:2210:22 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:179:17 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:195:19 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:306:30 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:018:01 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:119:11 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:0311:03 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:052:05 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 18:376:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:375:37 PM | 19:087:08 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:376:37 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:376:37 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:376:37 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 24:5812:58+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:462:46+1 AM | 28:184:18+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |