Monday 30 April 2001 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 14:092:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1012:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1012:10 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:3812:38 PM
The Sun 82° above N. Day length 12 h 21 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27+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 | Śukla Saptamī | 12:1012:10 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 23:2111:21 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 18:146:14 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:1012:10 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:008:00 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:128:12 AM | 09:439:43 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:558:55 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0511:05 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:031:03 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:521:52 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:112:11 PM | 15:433:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:313:31 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 18:486:48 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:175:17 PM | 18:486:48 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:486:48 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:486:48 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:486:48 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 25:021:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |